katheryn m. junglas, msu department of biology minot nd, 58707 rana pipiens malformation assessment
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Possible causes for deformities
• UV-B Radiation
• Chemical Agents
• Parasites
-Ribeiroia
-Alaria
• Interactions
Statistics
• No significant difference in male and females
• No Significant difference in lengths between sites
• Healthy Ratio of Males to females 13:20
Assessment
• No deformities were found
• Mean of Female juvenile length- 42.2 mm
• Mean of Male juvenile length- 41.4 mm
• Mass of Gonads- in progress
• Skeletal development- so far good development of skeleton and cartilage
Why We Should Continue to Observe
•Small sample size
•Teratogens and carcinogens in other organisms
•Since no malformations yet, we can analyze what is or isn’t here, and the sooner we notice something, the easier to find out what that is.
•Frogs are Cool!