Question

disappearance of tadpole tail during metamorphosis is brought about by

Answer 1

Disappearance of tadpole tail during metamorphosis is brought out by "apoptosis" .The term states the death of living cells through programmed cell suicide as it takes an active role in its disappreance.During this period ,a special enzyme called Caspases(identified in 1993 ) gets activated and destroys/degrades cellular components in a controlled manner.