Metamorphosis
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| + | "Softening quickly in the waters quiet depth, their wood was changed to flesh, the curving prows were [[Metamorphosis|metamorphosed]] into human heads." --''[[Metamorphoses]]'' by Ovid, Brookes More translation | ||
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| + | "One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself [[transformation|transformed]] in his bed into a horrible [[vermin]]."--''[[The Metamorphosis]]'' (1915) by Franz Kafka | ||
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| + | [[Image:Apollo and Daphne.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Apollo and Daphne]]'' by [[Antonio Pollaiuolo]], one tale of transformation in [[Ovid]]'s ''[[Metamorphoses]]''—he lusts after her and she escapes him by turning into a [[bay laurel]].]] | ||
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| - | '''Metamorphosis''' is a [[biological process]] by which an [[animal]] physically [[developmental biology|develops]] after [[birth]] or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's form or structure. Some [[insect]]s, [[amphibians]], [[Mollusca|mollusc]]s, [[crustacean]]s, [[echinoderm]]s and [[tunicate]]s undergo metamorphosis, which is usually (but not always) accompanied by a change of [[habitat (ecology)|habitat]] or [[behaviour]]. | + | '''Metamorphosis''' is a [[biological process]] by which an [[animal]] physically [[developmental biology|develops]] after [[birth]] or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's form or structure. Some [[insect]]s as well as other species undergo metamorphosis, which is usually (but not always) accompanied by a change of [[habitat (ecology)|habitat]] or [[behaviour]]. |
| - | Scientific usage of the term is exclusive, and is not applied to general aspects of [[cell growth]], including rapid [[growth spurt]]s. References to "metamorphosis" in [[mammal]]s are imprecise and only colloquial. | + | == Metamorphosis as a trope == |
| - | According to Williamson, metamorphosis represents a change in [[taxon]] during development. | + | :''[[shapeshifting]]'' |
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| - | *[[The Metamorphosis]] | + | * [[Shapeshifting]] |
| - | *[[List of films about possessed or sentient inanimate objects]] | + | * [[Developmental biology]] |
| + | * [[Direct development]] | ||
| + | * [[Gosner stage]] | ||
| + | * [[Hypermetamorphosis]] | ||
| + | * [[Morphogenesis]] | ||
| + | * ''[[Metamorphosis of Plants]]'' by Goethe | ||
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"Softening quickly in the waters quiet depth, their wood was changed to flesh, the curving prows were metamorphosed into human heads." --Metamorphoses by Ovid, Brookes More translation "One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin."--The Metamorphosis (1915) by Franz Kafka |
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Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's form or structure. Some insects as well as other species undergo metamorphosis, which is usually (but not always) accompanied by a change of habitat or behaviour.
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Metamorphosis as a trope
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See also
- Shapeshifting
- Developmental biology
- Direct development
- Gosner stage
- Hypermetamorphosis
- Morphogenesis
- Metamorphosis of Plants by Goethe
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