AIS: Androgenic Insensitivity Syndrome

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Describe what AIS is and mechanism of Androgenic Insensitivity Syndrome. Explain the hormonal mechanism underlying the development of these symptoms. Discuss how these condition relates to typical sex development. According to Chapter 13, AIS is “considered rare that happens about 5 and 100,000 males” (Chapter 13, pg. 328). In the case of Anne, “she suffers from AIS because during development her testes released normal amounts of androgens because of the mutation to her androgenic receptor gene, and her development progressed as if no androgenic genes were released. During Anne’s development, her brain, her behavior, and her genitals all progressed on the lines of being a female, however; Anne did not develop normal internal female reproductive

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