Practice 3: True of False (if false explain why) Pheromones are like hormones in that they carry a signal from a cell th
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Practice 3: True of False (if false explain why)
Pheromones are like hormones in that they carry a signal from a
cell that secretes it to a receptor on a target cell far away.
However, they aren't hormones because they are signalling between
different individuals. Because this is usually within a species,
the animal secreting the pheromone has both an ability to
synthesize the hormone and the gene for the receptor, although they
are unlikely to express that gene themselves.
Pheromones are like hormones in that they carry a signal from a
cell that secretes it to a receptor on a target cell far away.
However, they aren't hormones because they are signalling between
different individuals. Because this is usually within a species,
the animal secreting the pheromone has both an ability to
synthesize the hormone and the gene for the receptor, although they
are unlikely to express that gene themselves.