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. 2021 Jun 15;22(12):6386. doi: 10.3390/ijms22126386

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Sex-specific differences in androgen and glucocorticoid-mediated signalling within the feto-placental unit. Females prioritise pathways regulated by glucocorticoids to enhance placental reserve capacity at the detriment of growth, whereas males prioritise androgen-mediated signalling pathways to enhance growth at the expense of placental reserve capacity.