Given the question: Q: What is produced by leydig cells in the embryonic testis and stimulates the development of male sexual organs? Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers: 27.3 Development of the Male and Female Reproductive Systems The reproductive systems of males and females begin to develop soon after conception. A gene on the male's Y chromosome called SRY is critical in stimulating a cascade of events that simultaneously stimulate testis development and repress the development of female structures. Testosterone produced by Leydig cells in the embryonic testis stimulates the development of male sexual organs. If testosterone is not present, female sexual organs will develop. Whereas the gonads and some other reproductive tissues are considered bipotential, the tissue that forms the internal reproductive structures stems from ducts that will develop into only male (Wolffian) or female (Mullerian) structures. To be able to reproduce as an adult, one of these systems must develop properly and the other must degrade. Further development of the reproductive systems occurs at puberty. The initiation of the changes that occur in puberty is the result of a decrease in sensitivity to negative feedback in the hypothalamus and pituitary gland, and an increase in sensitivity of the gonads to FSH and LH stimulation. These changes lead to increases in either estrogen or testosterone, in female and male adolescents, respectively. The increase in sex steroid hormones leads to maturation of the gonads and other reproductive organs. The initiation of spermatogenesis begins in boys, and girls begin ovulating and menstruating. Increases in sex steroid hormones also lead to the development of secondary sex characteristics such as breast development in girls and facial hair and larynx growth in boys. Choices: - androgen - insulin - estrogen - testosterone A:
The answer is:
testosterone