Gustav Klimt paintings

Gustav Klimt paintings
Georgia O'Keeffe paintings
They are calling for more attention to be paid to the role that sex plays in all aspects of biology, including behavior, human health and even in basic cells. Sex Beyond ReproductionThey want to explore, for example, how, before puberty, hormone changes manifest sexual characteristics that reinforce sexual identity through adolescence and adulthood."Sex differences are important beyond the reproductive system," says the study's director, Theresa Wizemann of the Institute of Medicine.The differences between males and females, the researchers say, can play a crucial role even at the molecular and cellular aspects of life."With all the advances in technology of genes and gene expression we now have better tools to get better understanding of the differences between the sexes," says Mary-Lou Pardue, chairwoman of the committee that issued a new report on the subject.