what are hormones? Why are they produced
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ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴀʀᴇ ʜᴏʀᴍᴏɴᴇs?
ᴀ ʜᴏʀᴍᴏɴᴇ ɪs ᴀɴʏ ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴀ ᴄʟᴀss ᴏғ sɪɢɴᴀʟɪɴɢ ᴍᴏʟᴇᴄᴜʟᴇs ɪɴ ᴍᴜʟᴛɪᴄᴇʟʟᴜʟᴀʀ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪsᴍs, ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʀᴀɴsᴘᴏʀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴅɪsᴛᴀɴᴛ ᴏʀɢᴀɴs ᴛᴏ ʀᴇɢᴜʟᴀᴛᴇ ᴘʜʏsɪᴏʟᴏɢʏ ᴀɴᴅ / ᴏʀ ʙᴇʜᴀᴠɪᴏʀ. ʜᴏʀᴍᴏɴᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ʀᴇǫᴜɪʀᴇᴅ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏʀʀᴇᴄᴛ ᴅᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴏғ ᴀɴɪᴍᴀʟs, ᴘʟᴀɴᴛs ᴀɴᴅ ғᴜɴɢɪ.
ᴡʜʏ ᴀʀᴇ ʜᴏʀᴍᴏɴᴇs ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇᴅ ?
ʜᴏʀᴍᴏɴᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇᴅ ʙʏ ɢʟᴀɴᴅs ᴀɴᴅ sᴇɴᴛ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅsᴛʀᴇᴀᴍ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴀʀɪᴏᴜs ᴛɪssᴜᴇs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴅʏ. ᴛʜᴇʏ sᴇɴᴅ sɪɢɴᴀʟs ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴛɪssᴜᴇs ᴛᴏ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ sᴜᴘᴘᴏsᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ. ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʟᴀɴᴅs ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ᴀᴍᴏᴜɴᴛ ᴏғ ʜᴏʀᴍᴏɴᴇs, ᴅɪsᴇᴀsᴇs ᴅᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴀɴ ᴀғғᴇᴄᴛ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴀsᴘᴇᴄᴛs ᴏғ ʟɪғᴇ.
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