development of primary sexual characteristics

id: GO:0045137
name: development of primary sexual characteristics
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the primary sexual characteristics over time, from their formation to the mature structures. The primary sexual characteristics are the testes in males and the ovaries in females and they develop in response to sex hormone secretion.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0046545development of primary female sexual characteristics
GO:0046546development of primary male sexual characteristics

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0003006developmental process involved in reproduction