EBK HUMAN BIOLOGY
11th Edition
ISBN: 8220100545931
Author: MCMILLAN
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 15, Problem 8SQ
Second messengers assist _________.
- a. steroid hormones
- b. nonsteroid hormones
- c. only thyroid hormones
- d. both a and b
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