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Why does the tadpole of a frog resemble a fish?


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Frog's tadpole:

  1. Tadpole is the larval stage of a frog.
  2. In the life cycle of frogs, tadpoles are the first step of transformation.
  3. Tadpoles and fish are quite similar in their early stages of life, and one of the reasons for this is that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.
  4. As a result, the evolution of embryological development may lead to such situations.
  5. Amphibians have evolved from Pisces in this area, and they retain characteristics from their preceding classification.
  6. Therefore, the tadpole of a frog resembles a fish.

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