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Getting to the Guts of Tadpole Carnivory

Elizabeth Pennisi

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Abstract

A developmental biologist reported at the meeting that inhibiting a single developmental signal—retinoic acid—can yield a carnivorelike gut morphology in a tadpole species that's normally mostly vegetarian.

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A developmental biologist reported at the meeting that inhibiting a single developmental signal—retinoic acid—can yield a carnivorelike gut morphology in a tadpole species that's normally mostly vegetarian.

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A developmental biologist reported at the meeting that inhibiting a single developmental signal—retinoic acid—can yield a carnivorelike gut morphology in a tadpole species that's normally mostly vegetarian.

Key concepts: Tadpole (physics), Biology, Ecology, Zoology, Physics, Particle physics

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