Testosterone is an example of a chemical signal that affects the very cells that synthesize it, the neighboring cells in the testis, along with distant cells outside the gonads. Thus, testosterone is an example of
A) an autocrine signal.
B) a paracrine signal.
C) an endocrine signal.
D) both an autocrine signal and a paracrine signal.
E) an autocrine signal, a paracrine signal, and an endocrine signal.

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Testosterone acts as an autocrine signal by affecting the cells that produce it, as a paracrine signal by affecting neighboring cells in the testis, and as an endocrine signal by traveling through the bloodstream to affect distant cells outside the gonads.

Testosterone Is an Example of a Chemical Signal That Affects