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What will happen if the water in which tadpoles are growing does not contain sufficient iodine?

In frog, metamorphosis is controlled by thyroxine hormone and thyroxine production requires the presence of iodine. So, if the water in which tadpoles are growing does not contain sufficient iodine, the tadpole cannot become adult.


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