The answer is C. Pheromones are hormones (which are proteinous) produces by individuals of the same species and are a means to send communication signals for social interactions. They signal alarm, food and even sex. Sex pheromones are released by females beetles into the environment to signal their availability for mating. The pheromones are picked up by receptors on the male beetles and this is how they find the females.
The endocrine system is composed of the following:
1) hypothalamus
2) pituitary gland
3) thyroid and parathyroids
4) adrenal glands
5) pineal gland and gonads
6) pancreas
Pituitary gland is involved in gigantism. Pituitary gland produces the growth hormone. Excessive growth hormone released by the pituitary may result to gigantism.
The enlargement of the thyroid gland is called goiter. It is a symptom of hypherthyroidism, a condition wherein levels of thyroid hormones in the blood are highly excessive.
Number B is the correct number
The greatest degree of genetic variation would be found in an offspring resulting from sexual reproduction.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Asexual reproduction produces very less variations. Asexual reproduction requires only one parent and thus the offspring would be very similar to the parent. The chance of variations in offspring is very less.
But the case of sexual reproduction is different. Sexual reproduction involved two parents and each parent contribute equal amount of genetic material to the progeny.
Some characters of the offspring will be like one or the other parent and some characters will be a combination of the characters of both parents
. Such a combination produces variant offspring.
