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Why does a hormone act only on specific cell types in an organism and not others?

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hormone act only on specific cell types in an organism and not others because the cell have the appropriate receptor for it to bind to the hormone.

Step-by-step explanation:

Hormones (chemical messengers) relay messages to cells with specific receptors for it only

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