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Even Toughest Toads Are Being Unmanned

Clues to sex-change mystery could explain amphibian decline

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 13, 2008 10:40 AM CDT

(Newser) – The mystery of the hermaphrodite toads may be solved: Researchers have found that various chemicals used in farming are linked to sex changes in certain amphibian species, the Independent reports. In a population of cane toads, 40% of males had developed feminine coloring and ovaries,...   Read full story »

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