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ShareA hormone is a chemical messenger from one cell (or group of cells) to another.
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All multicellular organisms produce hormones including plants.
The best-known animal (and human) hormones are those produced by endocrine glands of vertebrate animals, but hormones are produced by nearly every organ system and tissue type in a human or animal body.
For more information about the topic Hormone, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
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