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Dioxin is a deadly toxin. In animal tests, however, hamsters areunaffected by doses that would kill guinea pigs. Dioxin acts like asteroid hormone, entering the cell and binding to its receptor inthe cytoplasm.

  1. How could that explain its different effects throughout thebody and in different organisms? (2 pts)
  2. How could you figure out if an illness is related to dioxinexposure? (3 pts)

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1Steroid hormones enter in to the cytoplasm and attach to thier receptor present in the cytoplasm Along with he receptor they enter in to the nucleus and attach to a specific regulatory sequence of the genes By doing so they either activate or deactivate a gene    See Answer
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