First discovered in 1936, it is a male sex steroid hormone in vertebrates produced by the testes and to a lesser extent by the adrenal cortex, such as testosterone, that controls the development and maintenance of sexual organs and secondary sexual characteristics in males. Also called androgenic hormone and testoid.
See Adolescent growth spurt, Adolescent voice change, Adrenal cortex, Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), Hormones, Steroid hormones, Testosterone