The International Association of Athletics Foundation has ruled that women who h

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The International Association of Athletics Foundation has ruled that women who have testosterone levels above 5 nanomoles per liter cannot race in an international event unless they take drugs to reduce testosterone levels or be surgically altered (after puberty, women range from 0.12 to 1.79 nanomoles per liter, while men range from 7.7 to 29.4 nanomoles per liter). Give TWO explanations (ONE sentence each) as to how a women can naturally have testosterone levels higher than 5 nanomoles per liter.

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The two conditions when a woman can naturally have a high testosterone level greater than 5 nanomoles per liter are:

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