Do males and females hold gonads?


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Yes.

A "gonad" is anything the produces a cell specifically designed for procreation. Males have testes that create sperm, and females own ovaries that produce eggs. During fetal development, adjectives fetuses are by "default" female; as nouns continues, the tissues that would become a female's ovaries become testes if the fetus is genetically masculine.

"gonad (gō'nād')
An organ in animals that produces reproductive cell (gametes). The ovary and testis are gonads."

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