Gender-specific skeletal differences first occur during:
a. the second stage of fetal development.
b. late infancy.
c. early childhood.
d. adolescence.
D
During adolescence, females develop a wider pelvis and males develop broad shoulders; males transition from a slight increase in body fat to more lean muscle mass in later puberty, whereas females maintain an increase in adipose tissue throughout adolescence.
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