Chapter 3, Problem 27RQ

Summary Introduction

To determine: Whether the shrinking and reabsorption of tail after development of tadpole into a frog is an example of necrosis or apoptosis.

Introduction: Metamorphosis is a process in which an organism undergoes extreme physical changes while developing into an adult. Amphibians such as frogs undergo metamorphosis. The birth, growth and death of cell is a continuous lifelong process and leads to development of the organism.