Dissertation Research: The Evolution of a Developmental     Process: A Comparative and Experimental Study of            Palatoquadrate Metamorphosis in the Amphibia
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When a tadpole metamorphoses into frog extensive remodelling               of the skull occurs.  Some of the greatest changes occur in the                 palatal region, in association with the transformation of the                   small, terminal mouth opening of the tadpole into the wide gape                 of the frog.  This study will attempt to reconstruct the                        evolutionary history of this remarkable transformation by                       describing variability in the metamorphic pattern among frogs,                  and by comparing them with salamanders and caecilians, which have               much less extensive remodelling during metamorphosis.  In                       addition, experimental work on the causal (inductive) relations                 between palatal structures will serve to further test any                       proposed evolutionary scenario, by allowing more rigorous                       determination of which structures are truly comparable between                  these groups.
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