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epimorphic — a. passing several stages of growth in same form, especially of segmented insects. ♦ epimorphosis, n … Dictionary of difficult words
epimorphic — adjective characterized by incomplete metamorphosis; having the same number of body segments in successive stages • Similar to: ↑metamorphic • Topics: ↑biology, ↑biological science * * * |epə|mȯrfik adjective Etymology: epi + morphic … Useful english dictionary
epimorphic development — Direct development thought to result from a delay in hatching of the embryo, which causes the nauplius (and any other possible larval stages) to be suppressed or absent [Brusca and Brusca, 2002]. In which larval stages are supressed or passed… … Crustacea glossary
epimorphic regeneration — epimorphosis … Medical dictionary
epimorphosis — epimorphic, adj. /ep euh mawr feuh sis, mawr foh /, n. Zool. a form of development in segmented animals in which body segmentation is completed before hatching. [EPI + MORPHOSIS] * * * … Universalium
Trilobite — ] Highly complex compound eyes are another obvious feature of the cephalon (see below). Figure 3 shows gross morphology of the cephalon. The cheeks (genae) are the pleural lobes on each side of the axial feature, the glabella. When trilobites… … Wikipedia
Grothendieck topology — In category theory, a branch of mathematics, a Grothendieck topology is a structure on a category C which makes the objects of C act like the open sets of a topological space. A category together with a choice of Grothendieck topology is called a … Wikipedia
Pax genes — Paired box (Pax) genes are a family of tissue specific transcription factors containing a paired domain and usually a partial or complete homeodomain. An octapeptide may also be present. Pax proteins are important in early animal development for… … Wikipedia
Cumacea — Temporal range: Mississippian–Recent … Wikipedia
epimorphosis — n. [Gr. epi, upon; morphosis, form] 1. With the same form in successive stages of growth; see anamorphosis, metamorphosis. 2. Larval forms which are suppressed or passed before hatching, emerging as the adult body form. 3. (ANNELIDA: Oligochaeta) … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
