The phrase "a process of metamorphosis" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a gradual and significant change or transformation. Example: The artist's creative journey was a process of metamorphosis, as he went from using traditional techniques to experimenting with new mediums and styles.
Such young, called larvae, transform into the adult form by a process of metamorphosis.
He came closest to recreating the special chemistry of Hänsel in the very next piece he started working on, though once again its final form appeared gradually, as if by a process of metamorphosis.
The photos, taken over the course of several years at Cairucu, near Paraty, of the jungle, have been used in a process of metamorphosis going deeply beyond the species appearance, to an understanding of the intimate fusion between nature and its inhabitants".
We speculate, based on our data, that one pathogroup gradually exchanges one suite of virulence loci for those of another pathogroup, as its core genome transitions simultaneously and in the same direction in a process of 'phased metamorphosis'.
Transition from the polyp stage to the medusa stage occurs through strobilation, an orderly developmental process of metamorphosis in which transverse constrictions subdivide the polyp body from the oral to the aboral end into segmental discs.
The construction of the haliotid protoconch is complete following torsion (Fig. 1C), and remains developmentally inert until the animal contacts a specific cue that initiates the process of metamorphosis.
Transitions between life stages, however, may expose individuals to an increased risk of mortality, as the process of metamorphosis typically includes developmental stages that function relatively poorly in both the pre- and post-metamorphic habitat.
Most amphibians go through metamorphosis, a process of significant morphological change after birth.
In "Slapstick" he transmutes science fiction into something like medieval myth, and suggests the halo of process, of metamorphosis and recycling, that to an extent redeems the destructiveness in human history to which he is so sensitive.
Just as the birth of a butterfly is the death of the caterpillar, we are in that process of metamorphosis.
"I think most people are fascinated by the process of metamorphosis and think caterpillars are cute," he said.
