What is pregnancy hormone? Why is it so called? Name two sources of this hormone in a human female.
CBSE OUTSIDE DELHI - SET 1 2007
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Progesterone.It is required continually during the entire period of gestation or pregnancy. It is therefore called pregnancy hormone Placenta Ovary/ Corpus luteum.
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