Chemicals that signal the same cell that made them are called ________ messengers, while those that signal nearby cells are called_____ messengers.

A. paracrine; endocrine
B. autocrine; paracrine
C. endocrine; pheromone
D. allomone; autocrine
E. pheromone; prostaglandin


Answer: B

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