Transplanting embryonic eye tissue into the back of a developing tadpole will cause a lens to grow on the back of the tadpole. This is an example of
A) metamorphosis.
B) programmed cell death.
C) cleavage.
D) gastrulation.
E) induction.

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This is an example of induction, where the presence of the embryonic eye tissue influences the surrounding cells to develop into a lens, demonstrating how cells can direct the development of neighboring cells.

Transplanting Embryonic Eye Tissue into the Back of a Developing