The onset of puberty is triggered by an increase in:

A. sensitivity of the gonads to pituitary gonadotropins.
B. sensitivity of the pituitary to GnRH.
C. GnRH secretion.
D. sensitivity of the hypothalamus to negative feedback by sex steroids.
E. sensitivity of the pituitary to negative feedback by sex steroids.


C

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