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Imagine that a doctor sees a patient that is genotypically male, but is phenotypically female. How could this occur?.

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Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) is when a person who is genetically male (who has one X and one Y chromosome) is resistant to male hormones (called androgens). As a result, the person has some of the physical traits of a woman, but the genetic makeup of a man.

Or that person can be transgender.

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