What embryo-produced hormone maintains progesterone and estrogen secretion by the corpus luteum through the first trimester of pregnancy?
A) luteinizing hormone (LH)
B) follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
C) progesterone
D) human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)
E) gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)

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The hormone produced by the developing embryo that maintains progesterone and estrogen secretion by the corpus luteum through the first trimester of pregnancy is human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG).

What Embryo-Produced Hormone Maintains Progesterone and Estrogen Secretion by the Corpus