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metamorphosis
metamorphosis (met-ă-mor-fŏ-sis) n. a structural change, especially the change from one developmental stage to another that occurs in certain animals (e.g. in amphibians from larval to adult form).
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Fantastic Metamorphoses, Other Worlds: Ways of Telling the Self
Magazine article from: Marvels & Tales; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Fantastic Metamorphoses, Other Worlds: Ways...264 pp. Stories of metamorphosis "in poetry, art...conventional treatments of metamorphosis but expand beyond...provocative ways. Fantastic Metamorphoses is highly recommended...into the processes of metamorphosis but also for its interweaving...
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Theories of metamorphosis: from metatrope to textual revision.(Rhetoric and Poetics)
Magazine article from: Style; 6/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...literary or artistic representation of metamorphosis is a rather recent phenomenon. The...length studies, of literary examples of metamorphosis were undertaken in the late 1930s by...decades, however, literary and artistic metamorphosis has been more widely theorized, and...
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Hydroperiod and Metamorphosis in Small-mouthed Salamanders (Ambystoma texanum)
Magazine article from: Northeastern Naturalist; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...effects of hydroperiod on the completion of metamorphosis, as well as age and size at metamorphosis. I used hydroperiods of 50, 75, and...groups, but no individuals completed metamorphosis in the 50-d treatment. The proportion...
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Heat shock induced metamorphosis of the queen conch, Strombus gigas: comparison with induction by algal associated cues.
Magazine article from: Journal of Shellfish Research; 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...cues in controlling the induction of metamorphosis of marine invertebrate larvae. In...temperature or heat shock on the induction of metamorphosis in the tropical marine gastropod...degrees]C induced high levels of metamorphosis (77% to 100%), equivalent to those...
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Transcription and translation inhibitors permit metamorphosis up to radiole formation in the serpulid polychaete Hydroides elegans haswell.
Magazine article from: The Biological Bulletin; 4/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...histories in which a larval stage undergoes metamorphosis to achieve a juvenile form are common...Tata, 1996, 1999). Similarly, metamorphosis in insects is regulated by a complex...Gilbert et al., 199 6). In contrast, metamorphosis in most well-studied marine invertebrates...
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Identification of genes differentially expressed during larval molting and metamorphosis of Helicoverpa armigera.(Research article)
Magazine article from: BMC Developmental Biology; 6/25/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...the old exoskeleton [1]. Subsequent metamorphosis, the transformation of larva to pupa...tissue histolysis and remodeling during metamorphosis [2, 3]. Insect larval molting and metamorphosis are governed by ecdysteroids (20...
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Quis ille Asinus aureus? The metamorphoses of Apuleius' title.
Magazine article from: Ancient Narrative; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Met. 1,1,6), as Metamorphoses also seems to be the title...prologue explicitly advertises metamorphoses, literally 'changes in...to include varieties of metamorphosis which are not so literal...expectations evoked by the title Metamorphoses. (4) Thirdly, Apuleius...
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Acetylcholine and serotonin induce larval metamorphosis of the Japanese short-neck clam Ruditapes philippinarum.
Magazine article from: Journal of Shellfish Research; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...of neuroactive compounds on larval metamorphosis of the Japanese short neck clam Ruditapes...10, and 100 [micro]M. Larval metamorphosis with 100 [micro]M serotonin was...carbamylcholine induced 37.6% of metamorphosis in 23-day-old larvae. Larval metamorphosis...
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Effect of thyroid hormone concentration on the transcriptional response underlying induced metamorphosis in the Mexican axolotl ( Ambystoma ).(Research article)
Magazine article from: BMC Genomics; 2/11/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Beachy [3,4] Background Amphibian metamorphosis is generally characterized by dramatic...physiological changes that occur during metamorphosis are associated with increases in thyroid...These events are interconnected; at metamorphosis, tissue-specific concentrations...
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NO/cGMP signaling and HSP90 activity represses metamorphosis in the sea urchin lytechinus pictus.
Magazine article from: The Biological Bulletin; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...signaling repressively regulates metamorphosis in two solitary ascidians and a gastropod...significantly increased the frequency of metamorphosis. SNAP, a NO donor, suppressed the...and biofilm, a natural inducer of metamorphosis. NADPH diaphorase histochemistry indicated...
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Metamorphosis
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Metamorphosis Metamorphosis is the...Holometabola undergo complete metamorphosis. This is exemplified...Eventually, the pupa metamorphoses into an adult. In this...important role in insect metamorphosis. In many species...
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metamorphosis
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
metamorphosis is a feature of myth...which survive as the Metamorphoses . In Apuleius' book...stories the theme of metamorphosis is used to question...following accounts of metamorphosis are best known from...
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Metamorphoses, The
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
Metamorphoses, The The Metamorphoses, a poem by the Roman author...a common theme of change, or metamorphosis, hence the name of the work...disobeying or challenging them. The Metamorphoses is presented as a series of 15...
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Metamorphosis of Themes by Weber, Symphonic
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Metamorphosis of Themes by Weber, Symphonic ( Hindemith). See Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Weber .
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Metamorphoses after Ovid, Six
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Metamorphoses after Ovid, Six. Work for solo ob., Op.49, by Britten, comp. 1951. Movts. are entitled Pan , Phaeton , Niobe , Bacchus , Narcissus , and Arethusa . F.p. Thorpeness 1951 ( Joy Boughton).
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