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A signalling molecule that acts on the cell that produced it and on its immediate neighbours is acting in

  • A.both autocrine and paracrine fashion
  • B.endocrine fashion and nothing else
  • C.synaptic fashion and nothing else
  • D.no recognised signalling mode at all

Answer: A

The categories describe range rather than chemistry, so one molecule may fall into more than one at once. Growth factors released in a tissue commonly do exactly this. The categories overlap because they describe distance travelled.

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