You are studying the hormonal control of metamorphosis in amphibians. If the anterior pituitary were
prevented from releasing TSH, predict the effect on tadpoles.
a. Conversion to frogs would be increased five-fold.
b. Metamorphosis would be extremely slow.
c. Calcium secretion in tadpoles would be inhibited.
d. Metabolism in tadpoles would be greatly decreased.
e. Metamorphosis would be extremely slow and metabolism in tadpoles would be greatly
decreased.
E
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