Sentence examples for metamorphosis including from inspiring English sources
Major body changes occur in metamorphosis, including the reshaping and strengthening of skull bones, the thickening of postcranial bones, and an increase in body size.
Confirming this assumption, it has been recently demonstrated in Drosophila salivary glands that the ecdysone/EcR/USP complex induces primary response gene expression during metamorphosis, including the E74, BR-C, and E93 transcription factor genes and that these genes induce secondary-response genes, including apoptosis regulators and MMP-1 while simultaneously repressing TIMP expression [30].
Loss of let-7 function in Drosophila leads to widespread defects during metamorphosis, including small wings [ 23].
Many of the genes that underlie critical developmental processes during metamorphosis, including sex-specific processes, have been identified.
T3 is the causative agent of metamorphosis and T3 treatment of premetamorphic tadpoles can induce precocious metamorphosis including intestinal remodeling.
Several biotic factors influence paedomorphosis and metamorphosis including thyroid hormone levels, larval density, and competition with fish [ 24, 28, 30, 31, 35, 36].
Examples of metamorphosis include the tadpole, an aquatic larval stage that transforms into the land-dwelling frog (class Amphibia).
Other factors that may inhibit metamorphosis include lack of food, lack of trace elements and competition from conspecifics.
miRNAs mostly observed after hatching or during metamorphosis included miR-125, miR-199, miR-192, miR-214 and the let-7 family.
In Drosophila, MMPs have been co-opted for maggot specific metamorphosis processes including head evasion and notum connation [38].
Starfishes and other echinoderms undergo a metamorphosis that includes a change from the bilateral symmetry of the larva to the radial symmetry of the adult.
