Compare and contrast the mechanisms of endocrine signaling and neural signaling in response to external signals from the environment.
List two important differences between the two mechanisms
Describe one case where neural signaling could provide greater fitness to an animal than endocrine signaling
Describe one case where endocrine signaling could provide greater fitness to an animal than neural signaling
Endocrine signalling is done with the help of hormones and they go via the blood atream and are slow to act but once they act the action remains for a longer time . On the other hand neural signalling occurs via nerve s and action potential and is quick to happen but doesnt sustain for long . One advantage of endocrine siganlling is it helps in sustaining the effect for a long time as seasonal increase in reproductive hormones in some animals helps the animals breed and increase its progeny . Neural mechanism helps in generating quick responses and thus helps in running and escaping fromt the
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