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Stub

umm..shouldnt someone tag this muji bur rehaman and tutul sx page with a stub, there has to be more information out there!! --John-Nash 16:29, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

No, it is definitely longer than the stub guidelines. - Taxman ^Talk 18:16, July 26, 2005 (UTC)

Redirect to Insect development?

My feeling is that this article should be referenced by a new article devoted to Insect development; I've not the expertise to write this myself. Courtland 17:37, August 4, 2005 (UTC)

Oh dear.

Sheesh thats certainly to little info.

If you know more that needs to be covered, please research it and add as much verifiable information as you can. - Taxman ^Talk 18:16, July 26, 2005 (UTC)

There very good information :D

Added some info on insect metamorphosis

Please check it as English is not my native tongue. - Carciofus 20:20, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cell death

"Many observations have indicated that cell death plays a considerable role during physiological processes of multicellular organisms, particularly during embryogenesis and metamorphosis."

This seems like a tautology. It seems evident that cell death would play an important role in the transformation of a multicellular organism. And certainly it cannot do so for a single-cellular organism. If it is not so simple, can someone explain? -Pgan002 09:17, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think they mean massive cell death, in this case of nearly the whole body. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.21.221 (talk) 22:27, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It means apoptosis, which is controlled cell death and an important tool for development, but not the only one. Apoptosis is necesarry to get rid of specialized strucutures not necessary in a later stage. Cell death is not really self evident, gradual development can involve more and more specialization of cells, not necessarily cell death.Viridiflavus (talk) 21:17, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Requested Move

I've requested that Metamorphosis be moved to Metamorphosis (disambiguation) so that Metamorphosis (biology) can be moved there, per Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Primary_topic. Please discuss here. --jwanders^Talk 21:44, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Removed section

I have removed the section on Metamorphosis across kingdoms. It is not appropriate to copy directly from the source, even if it is cited. If there is a question about the definition of metamorphosis, it should be included in the article, with the citation used, but it needs to be paraphrased, and writen in the same type of prose as the rest of the article. Thanks. --liquidGhoul 12:42, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Verb?

Is there a verb for this? Like "The caterpillar metamorphs into a butterfly" or something like that? 84.59.218.98 (talk) 23:43, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

wiktionary:metamorphose William Avery (talk) 06:45, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely needs a section on moth/butterfly metamorphosis

This is a major oversight. Jason Quinn (talk) 19:15, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Implications with respect to genetic research

What would be really interesting is the state of knowledge re: genetic implications. Is the genome identical between forms but differently expressed? Or radically different? How different?

Is the phenomena a high level or recent development in evolutionary terms? Or does it hold within it processes so elementary and ancient as to be scarcely abstracted above the intrinsic nature of life - or the "living" cell - itself?

Is there a sense in which one code is a parasite of the other, for instance?

And what of plants? And alternating phenotypes. Such as the ferns that exhibit alternate form between generations? Is this metamorphosis or a different phenomenon?

Is there any analogy with vertebrate reproduction; eg humans "alternating" between somatic form, and the gamede form - ovum or spermatozoan?

Is metamorphosis not a top priority in terms of genetic research? Because to my scientifically-trained mind the implications of a better understanding of this phenomenon are potentially "rosetta stones" to further understanding genetics.

Any other lateral thinkers out there? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.68.0.170 (talk) 04:00, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Metamorphosis categories

Sorry I don't know how to ad a reference to Truman's Scientific Guide, Chapter 3, page 25; even if ametabolous is molting without metamorphosis, its considered as a category. I don't want to ruin the entire page, so please make a reference in the ametabolous section to the info above. The complete name of the book is; Truman's Scientific Guide to Pest Management Operations, seventh edition. ISBN 978-0-9793986-1-2 Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by JuanMAF (talk • contribs) 17:44, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Evolutionary Information

While I currently don't have the motivation to add this sort of information to the article, it would certainly be an interesting addition. There is an article on Scientific America that could provide some information as a starting point for this. Zell Faze (talk) 06:10, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I hope this question is not to much out of place here: Are we, humans, a metamorphic species?

In a mere ten thousand years we have learned to all but destroy ourselves---directly through some nuclear conflagration, or indirectly by destroying our environment's ability to support us.

Avoiding self-immolation, what could we become in the next thousand, let alone million years? Janosabel (talk) 13:44, 25 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Anuran Larvae Have External Gills?

"Frogs, toads, and newts all hatch from the egg as larvae with external gills but it would take some while for the amphibians to interact outside with pulmonary respiration."

I don't think this is correct. As I recall, anuran larvae have internal gills.

gastropoda metamorphosis

I've seen papers calling the transition from larva to juvenile in gastropoda metamorphosis. ^[1] ^[2] Are these notable uses of the term? Do they warrant a third section on non-insect invertebrates?

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