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Metamorphosis, Biological
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Definition
: Profound physical changes during maturation of living organisms from the immature forms to the adult forms, such as from TADPOLES to frogs; caterpillars to BUTTERFLIES.
Manual 22.5; DF: METAMORPHOSIS BIOL
Examples
Life Cycle Stages
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Molting
Other names
Metamorphoses, Biological; Biological Metamorphoses; Biological Metamorphosis
Substance
CAS Registry & name
Categories
Source
metamorphosin A
157622-03-2
*Oligopeptides
Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid/*analogs & derivatives
Metamorphosis, Biological.
Dev Biol 1994 Jun;163(2):440-6