Ametabolism
Ametabolism is a type of growth or life cycle in insects in which there is slight or no metamorphosis, only a gradual increase in size. It is present only in primitive wingless insects: the orders Archaeognatha and Zygentoma.[1][2]
See also
- Hemimetabolism
- Holometabolism
References
External links
- http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Ametabolism Archived 2015-09-07 at the Wayback Machine
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ametabolic
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Developmental biology
- Ageing
- Compartment
- Embryogenesis
- Human
- Drosophila
- Fish
- polarity
- Embryology
- Metamerism
- Larva
- Pupa
- Metamorphosis
- Indirect development: holometabolism (Hypermetamorphosis), hemimetabolism
- Direct development: ametabolism
- Model organisms
- Ontogeny
- Puberty
- Regeneration
- Teratology