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ELI5: How does the mechanism work that causes deer antlers to grow bigger each year?
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I understand that there are many factors that contribute to the size of a deer's antlers (genetics, health, nutrition etc), but I am wondering how the biological mechanism works that tells the antlers how much to grow each year.
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