The reason some individual hormones have multiple effects on different target tissues is that ____
a. gene transcription is altered
b. second messengers trigger cascade or amplification effects
c. many different cells in different tissues have specific receptors for the hormone
d. only a small amount of the hormone is required for its effect
e. hormones can conform to multiple receptors
ANSWER: c
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