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We discuss the serendipitous discovery in the tammar wallaby of an alternate pathway by which adiol is formed in the testes, secreted into plasma and converted in peripheral tissues to DHT. This alternate pathway is responsible for virilisation of the urogenital system in this species and is present in the testes at the onset of male puberty of all mammals studied so far. This is the first clear-cut function for steroid 5\u03b1-reductase 1 in males. Unexpectedly, the discovery of this pathway in this Australian marsupial has had a major impact in understanding the pathophysiology of aberrant virilisation in female newborns. Overactivity of the alternate pathway appears to explain virilisation in congenital adrenal hyperplasia CAH, in X-linked 46,XY disorders of sex development. It also appears to be important in polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) since PCOS ovaries have enhanced the expression of genes and proteins of the alternate pathway. 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