Paedomorphosis is a major evolutionary process that bypasses metamorphosis and allows reproduction in larvae. In newts and salamanders, it can be facultative with paedomorphs retaining gills and ...
How does a thin-skinned, cold-blooded creature survive a below freezing Colorado winter without a fur coat or a ticket south?
Metamorphosis: introduction, usages, and evolution / Jack Cohen -- The alignment of imaginal anlagen during the metamorphosis of Drosophila melanogaster / Martin J. Milner and Alison J. Bleasby -- ...
Metamorphosis in crustaceans / John D. Costlow, Jr. -- Metamorphic changes in insects / Joan Whitten -- Control of hormone production in insects / William S. Herman -- Biochemistry of insect ...
This article was originally published with the title “The Chemistry of Amphibian Metamorphosis” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 209 No. 5 (November 1963), p. 110 ...
A tadpole fossil, dating back over 160 million years, has been identified as the oldest ever found. Measuring an impressive 16 cm, this ancient specimen, discovered in Argentina, also forces ...
The word ‘metamorphosis’ comes from the Greek words ‘meta’ meaning change, ‘morph’ which refers to shape, and ‘osis’ meaning a process. Metamorphosis is the process of changing the shape of the body.
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