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For your internship at the local zoo, you have been assigned to help with the new orangutan-breeding program. Little is known about orangutan reproductive hormones, but hormone feedback cycles are often the same in closely related animals. You have been asked to use your knowledge of the interactions of human reproductive hormones to recommend injections to promote ovulation in a female orangutan when a visiting male arrives for a brief breeding visit.
Which of the following hormones would you use if you want to induce ovulation right away?

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In humans and other primates, LH surge induces ovulation. Therefore, administering LH to the female orangutan would be the best choice to induce ovulation. Estradiol and FSH stimulate follicular growth, while progesterone prepares the uterine lining for pregnancy and inhibits ovulation.

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