The differences in male and female secondary sexual traits are due to the _____

a. relative proportion of sex steroid hormones in males vs. females
b. production of different sex steroid hormones by males and females
c. differences in sex steroid hormone receptors in males vs. females
d. exposure to environmental toxins during fetal development
e. absence of sex steroid hormones in females


ANSWER: a

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