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The steroid hormone testosterone controls almost all aspects of male development in mammals. We know there is only a single type of testosterone receptor in all the cells that respond to it, because mutant XY individuals who lack the receptor are completely feminized in all the testosterone-controlled tissues. However, testosterone clearly activates different genes in different cell types (e.g. muscle, gonadal tissues, etc.). Briefly explain how this is possible.

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