puberal , also: pubertal

To want to raise children on their own showed they were "conflicted about their masculine and feminine drives" or were acting out a "parthenogenic, puberal fantasy."

Much is known about the longer freshwater phase from the juvenile to puberal stage, but much less is known about the marine stage Newer research has identified that tropical species such as A. reinhardtii have a shorter larval migration and faster correspnding growth, suggesting a water temperature effect on growth.