For their latest study, they removed the left eye from one tadpole and attached it near
the tail of another tadpole.
Not exact matches
The research team found that when it increased levels
of E-NTPDase2 in
tadpole embryos that consisted
of only eight cells, they could cause parts
of the eye to form not only on the heads
of the amphibians, but also in tissues in other parts
of their bodies, including their
tails.
The
Tadpole galaxy (top left) sports a long
tail of stars and gas pulled out by the gravity
of a galactic interloper, visible as a small blue clump in the upper part
of the
Tadpole's disk.
This
tadpole has no eyes in its head, but it can see just fine out
of the one transplanted onto its
tail (arrow).
The galaxy is a member
of a class
of galaxies called «
tadpoles» because
of their bright heads and elongated
tails.