TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 11681


A baby is born with a penis, a scrotum with no testes, no vagina, and XX chromosomes. This condition is referred to as hermaphroditism. Which of the following could cause this abnormality?

#XL - T Zoology
  1. Abnormally high levels of human chorionic gonadotropin production by the trophoblast cells
  2. The presence of a testosterone-secreting tumor in the mother’s right adrenal gland
  3. Abnormally high levels of luteinizing hormone in the maternal blood
  4. Abnormally low levels of testosterone in the maternal blood