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Do you agree with the statement – “All hormones are chemical signals”? Yes/No. Justify your answer.

Yes, all hormones are chemical signals.


Hormones are chemically peptides or amines or steroids in nature and they regulate our physiological process through chemical means. So they are also known as chemical messengers.


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