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#Question id: 7167


The following experiment is designed to study the role of several hormones in the regulation of metamorphosis in frogs.

Group #

Treatment

Days to Metamorphosis

1

Saline

30

2

Prolactin

> 100

3

TSH

15

4

Thyroxine

10

5

Corticosterone

30

6

Thyroxine + Corticosterone

5

7

Prolactin + TSH

30

8

Thyroid gland removed

> 100

These results suggest which of the following about prolactin (group 2 and group 7) at the dose tested?

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology
  1. It promotes metamorphosis.
  2. It opposes the action of the thyroid gland.
  3. It has the opposite effect from that of corticosterone.
  4. It can reverse the effects of thyroid removal in Group 8.