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Marco Bono. Amy Patel. Brooke Smith. &. are the. Extra limbs. What’s wrong with our frogs?. Extensive internal problems Missing or extra legs Unusual bone and cartilage formations in spine and lower jaw. Extra leg. What’s wrong with our frogs?. Eye deformities
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Marco Bono Amy Patel Brooke Smith & are the...
Extra limbs What’s wrong with our frogs? • Extensive internal problems • Missing or extra legs • Unusual bone and cartilage formations in spine and lower jaw
Extra leg What’s wrong with our frogs? • Eye deformities • Reproductive deformities that result in sterility • Distended bladders due to nonfunctional digestive systems
What we wanted to find out... • Are the increasing number of frog birth defects a sign of the thinning of the ozone layer? • Specifically, can we duplicate these deformities by using an ultraviolet light to simulate over-exposure to the sun?
Xenopus Mating • Xenopi are sexually mature at 10 months to 1 year • Usually mate during a genetically programmed time of year • Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin treatments can be used to induce breeding at any time
R.I.P. Purchased Group 1:Rest in peace...
UV Light Caution UV Radiation...
Bred eggs Purchased eggs The experimental groups...
Bred eggs Purchased eggs The control groups...
Looking back... • We did not get opportunity to see the effects of UV radiation of embryonic frogs • We still learned from the experience • Biological materials are unpredictable • Redundancy and experimental flexibility are the key to success
Carol Chase Michael Yagour Maria Boyer Yolanda Scypinski Ed Stroz Susan Spellmeyer Erin Grath Donna Abernathy Bebina Demegillo Clarette Devine Hewa Sarandasa Anne Connery-Lee Jane Jennings Melville Osborne Philip Rybczynski Patricia Pelton A round of applause...
Mr. Kowalski A round of applause... • Bruce Conway • Paul Daly • Christina Gonzales • Marie Foglia • Edward Bzdak