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The Youngest Female Documented to Have Given Birth to a Healthy

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The youngest female documented to have given birth to a healthy child was a 5-year-old girl in the 1930s; the father was never identified.She began having regular menstrual periods around eight months of age.She was diagnosed as pregnant after being taken to a doctor for suspicion of having an abdominal tumor; her periods had ceased several months earlier and her breasts were well-developed.When do the reproductive organs normally develop? Describe the maturation her body underwent to render her fertile, specifying at what ages these changes normally take place.Even without a positive pregnancy test, what clues suggest pregnancy rather than a tumor? What is the earliest age at which gamete development normally begins and ends in both genders?

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Internal reproductive organs are present...

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