Summary:

File name: IMG_5745.JPG

File size: 2.31 MB

Image dimensions: 4368x2912 pixels

Frogs (Pelophylax esculentus) photographed in a UK animal research establishment in November 2007. Frogs and their eggs are used in medical research to study development. Please acknowledge © Understanding Animal Research.

Related information:

Frogs and their eggs are used in medical research to study development and tell us more about how animals, including humans, develop from balls of cells into fully formed adults. Understanding how this process works helps us to pinpoint the stage at which developmental abnormalities occur and therefore helps to identify and progress treatments to prevent them.