The hormone that helps us respond to low oxygen levels by promoting an increase in red blood cell counts is

A. erythropoietin.
B. hemopoeitin.
C. renin-angiotensin.
D. adrenocorticotropin.
E. estradiol.


A. erythropoietin.

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