Main articles: Growth hormone 1 and Growth hormone 2. Genes for human growth hormone, known as growth hormone 1 (somatotropin) and growth hormone 2, are localized in the q22-24 region of chromosome 17 and are closely related to human chorionic somatomammotropin (also known as placental lactogen) genes.
The short-run marginal cost (MC) curve will at first decline and then will go up at some point, and will intersect the average total cost and average variable cost curves at their minimum points.
factors of demand. the concepts of marginal utility and ceteris paribus explain the downward slope of the demand curve, and with given income, tastes, expectations, and prices of other goods and services, people are willing to buy additional quantities of a good only if its price falls.