Needing a change? Researchers find GABA is the key to metamorphosis
Tuesday, March 31, 2020 - 08:10
in Biology & Nature
Metamorphosis, or a dramatic change in physical appearance, is a normal part of the life cycle of many animals, carried out to take advantage of different ecological niches. Yet the process of metamorphosis—how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly, or a tadpole transforms into a frog—is not well understood and has only been studied in a small number of species.