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women at menopause there seems to be a precipitation of these changes 

 whereas there is no event in the male which is comparable to that. 

 The changes are all very slow, gradual ones. 



Huggett: Well, you mentioned that in the girl the apocrine gland begins 

 to show its differentiation about 8 or 9 years of age; does anything 

 similar happen at that date in the boy? 



Montagna: Not as pronounced. These observations were all made 

 with our noses! Most parents, and particularly the mothers, probably 

 know this. This is an empirical observation and I have nothing to 

 substantiate it. I was talking about this with Dr. Rothman and he 

 made the delightful comment that dermatologists were not aware of 

 this. 



Zuckerman: Among Primates you looked at, did you examine the 

 pigtailed macaque? 



Montagna: I have seen very few primates other than the rhesus. 



Zuckerman: Then I suggest that that might be different — merely 

 because of your remarks about smell. 



