Sentence examples for rapid metamorphosis from inspiring English sources

Yet, given the island's rapid metamorphosis from Navy testing ground to upscale beach resort, perhaps a tropical butterfly would be better suited.

Despite its rapid metamorphosis, the bicycle tradition is alive and well in its busy streets as well as its quiet old alleys.

Walker and Cook had been heavily influenced by their three-month contractual stint at Valve, and now they were working full-time on their design, which was undergoing rapid metamorphosis.

Nonetheless, there are fitness costs associated with the rapid metamorphosis necessary for development in ephemeral environments.

Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes may move northward and have more rapid metamorphosis with global warming.

In Xenopus, more rapid metamorphosis also can be induced by exposure to predators, resulting in smaller juveniles [ 18].

Larval flatfishes have an eye on each side of the head, but during a period of rapid body change (metamorphosis) one eye migrates to the other side of the head, after which the larvae settle to the bottom.

At metamorphosis, rapid changes in the body take place as the lifestyle of the frog changes completely.

"The Metamorphosis," with its rapid transformation of a man into a giant bug, is an outlier.

Wing disc undergoes rapid growth and differentiation during metamorphosis, evaginating to form pupal wing.

Modulation of the complex ambystomatid life cycle allows this species to survive in unpredictable environments, but current trends towards rapid pond drying will promote metamorphosis at smaller sizes and could eliminate the paedomorphic phenotype from this region.