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Assertion: Estrogen produces wide ranging actions such as stimulation of growth and activities of female secondary sex organs, appearance of female secondary sex characters, development of growing ovarian follicles and mammary gland development.
Reason: Progesterone acts on the mammary glands and stimulates the formation of alveoli (sac-like structure which store milk) and milk secretion.

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Fill up the blanks A to C with correct combination of terms,Estrogens produce wide ranging actions such as stimulation of growth and activities of -A- secondary sex organs,development of growing -B-,appearance of female secondary sex characters (e.g., high pitch of voice ,etc),-C- gland development.

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