During the time of puberty is when sexual maturation starts to occur.
This could be the first signs of disorder during sexual maturation.
An early hypothesis was that delayed sexual maturation might be a mechanism.
The production of these hormones increases gradually until sexual maturation is met.
Consequently, girls that reach sexual maturation early are more likely than their peers to develop eating disorders.
He described his film as a coming of age story about "a relationship between an older man and an individual coming into sexual maturation".
Adolescence is the time between the beginning of sexual maturation (puberty) and adulthood.
Water temperature may play an important role in the earlier sexual maturation of captive specimens.
The tale can be read as the social and sexual maturation of a young man in a brutal world.
Both males and females reach sexual maturation after two years.