Biology: Concepts and Investigations
Biology: Concepts and Investigations
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ISBN: 9781260259049
Author: Hoefnagels
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 28.2, Problem 1MC
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To determine:

The specificity of hormone for some of the cells and is not in others.

Concept introduction:

Hormone receptors are the binding sites on the surface or in the cytoplasm or nucleus of the cell that is activated only when specific hormones bind to them. If a hormone does not bind to its receptor, then no physiological effect will occur.

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