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A Plague of Frogs--Study Questions
Chapter 12 – “We’ve Found Something in the Water”
1. How successful were the scientists in using field studies in finding the root of the problem?
Field studies proved fruitless in providing any meaningful understanding during the investigation.(210)
2. Discuss how development, limb pattern determination and evolution had to be considered investigating this problem.
Answers will vary.(221)
3. Explain how hormone mimics can cause irregular patterns in the occurrence of deformities in frogs.
Hormone mimics can work in lower concentrations causing adverse effects in small organisms that would not be seen in organisms on a larger scale.(224)
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