Amplification during a second-messenger cascade is beneficial because amplification:

A. takes small molecules and makes polymers out of them.
B. results in the production of more of the first messenger.
C. allows a cell to respond to more different hormones.
D. allows small amounts of hormones to produce large responses in target cells.


D

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