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Fetuses were delivered at GD 135 and the volume of the oSDN was measured. Early TP females possessed a penis and a scrotum devoid of testes, whereas late TP and C females had normal female genitals. Neither period of TP exposure grossly affected the genitals of male fetuses. Despite masculinized genitals, the mean volume of the oSDN in early TP females (0.32 \u00b1 0.06 mm3) was not different from C females (0.24 \u00b1 0.02 mm3) but was significantly enlarged in late TP females (0.49 \u00b1 0.04 mm3; P &amp;lt; 0.05 vs. C) when the genitals appeared normal. In contrast, the volume of the oSDN in late TP males (0.51 \u00b1 0.02 mm3) was not different from C males (0.51 \u00b1 0.04 mm3) but was significantly smaller in the early TP males (0.35 \u00b1 0.04 mm3; P &amp;lt; 0.05 vs. C). 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