AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2010

  • question_answer
    Disappearance of the tadpole tail during metamorphosis, is brought about by

    A)  endoplasmic reticulum

    B)  Golgi bodies

    C)  lysosomes                         

    D)  peroxisomes

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                     The changes from a tadpole to an adult frog and from a pupa to an adult insect occurs due to metamorphosis. In metamorphosis, the rapid transformation from the larval to the adult form that occurs in the life cycle of many vertebrates and amphibians. Metamorphosis often involves considerable destruction of larval tissues by lysosomes and in both insects and amphibians, it is controlled by hormones.


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