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StinkyBrittches t1_j76nqj8 wrote

Reply to comment by Ech_01 in What causes the onset of puberty specifically? by Voomit

If I've learned to extrapolate anything from BioChem, there's probably a gonadotropin releasing hormone releasing hormone.

And also a gonadotropin releasing hormone releasing hormone releasing hormone.

It's releasing hormones all the way down.

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Ech_01 t1_j76o9sa wrote

Haha it's crazy how the body is made. This hormone produces this which produces this which produces this x100

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rogert2 t1_j77bw6e wrote

There are several things in biology that function as fuses. Sometimes, one fuse lights another; one benefit of having such a "fuse junction" is that it can serve as a checkpoint that can trigger several things.

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