New studies of male frogs in the wild link trace exposures to common weed killers with partial sex reversal. The findings suggest one possible factor behind declining amphibian populations worldwide.
DAD’S EGGS. Ordinarily, a frog testis pinches during development, and the lower two-thirds disappears. However, atrazine-exposed males can retain this lower portion, which can produce eggs (bumps in the left photo).
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