It's A ___!!! How Sexes Develop and Differentiate

Class - In Person & Zoom | Available (Membership Required)

1700 College Crescent Virginia Beach, VA 23453 United States
Pungo Auditorium - F133
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Monday, August 25, 2025 (one day)
10:00 AM-12:00 PM on Mon
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$15.00

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It's A ___!!! How Sexes Develop and Differentiate

Class - In Person & Zoom | Available (Membership Required)

At around 4-6 months of pregnancy, parents today are buying pink or blue confetti cannons, cakes, and other decorations for a gender reveal. Why does it take so long to tell the gender of a baby in utero and do we all start out female? The process of sexual differentiation is a complex one that involves many hormones and anatomies beyond just the XX or XY chromosomes. In this talk, we will discuss the fascinating start to all human embryos and how sexual differentiation and development progresses from conception to puberty.

Andrea DiGiorgio

Dr. Andrea DiGiorgio is a Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology, teaching at Princeton University. She studies wild orangutan diet, habitat use, and conservation and has lived in the rainforest doing research for over a year. She uses her research in collaboration with the Philadelphia Zoo, the Orangutan Veterinary Advisory Group, and many other centers. She grew up in Virginia Beach and is a graduate of Salem High School and the University of Virginia. She also did course work at the University of Hawaii and completed her Ph.D. at Boston University.