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Estrogen plays a role in organisms as diverse as yeasts, worms, mollusks, and in modifying the function of practically every type of animal cell--skin, nerve, muscle, bone, hair, gland, etc

Negation: Estrogen does not play a role in organisms as diverse as yeasts, worms, mollusks, and does not modify the function of practically every type of animal cell--skin, nerve, muscle, bone, hair, gland, etc 0 0 0
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If it is true that...

Estrogen sets the brain's temperature regulator lower but can also lower the metabolic rate through serotonin and other mediators 1 0 2

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Estrogen plays a role in organisms as diverse as yeasts, worms, mollusks, and in modifying the function of practically every type of animal cell--skin, nerve, muscle, bone, hair, gland, etc 1 0 2

Then it must be true that...

Many toxic chemicals and stressful physical processes can activate the same functions as estrogen 1 0 2

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Estrogen refers to a class of substances that can produce effects similar to estradiol and its metabolites 1 0 2Many chemicals can produce effects similar to estrogen 1 0 1In good health, an animal's systems are designed so that certain tissues will be briefly stimulated by estrogen 1 0 2Certain effects of estrogen resemble changes seen in aging such as fibrotic changes of connective tissues, accelerated accumulation of age pigment, a tendency to miscarry, or the production of degenerative changes in various organs 1 0 2The absolute levels of estrogen, or the ratio of estrogen to the antiestrogens, increases with aging in a wide variety of organisms of both sexes, including humans 1 0 2Estrogen was found to be an important cause of degenerative bone disease, as well as kidney disease, liver disease, thyroid disease, etc 1 0 2Many toxic chemicals and stressful physical processes can activate the same functions as estrogen 1 0 2Estrogen affects our energetics and structure, and how those processes relate to aging, atrophy, cancerization, etc 1 0 2Estrogen is intimately involved with the formation of the egg cell and wherever it operates, it increases both the quantity of water and the disorder of the water 1 0 2Estrogen promotes regeneration by promoting water uptake, stimulating cell division, and erasing the differentiated state to one degree or another, providing a new supply of "stem cells" 1 0 2