Anamorphosis (biology)
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anamorphosis-biology-309-4346571
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Anamorphosis (biology)
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Anamorphosis or anamorphogenesis is the process of postembryonic development and moulting in Arthropoda that results in the addition of abdominal body segments, even after sexual maturity. Examples of this mode of development occur in proturans and millipedes. Protura hatch with only 8 abdominal segments and add the remaining 3 in subsequent moults. These new segments arise behind the last abdominal segment, but in front of the telson. In myriapods, euanamorphosis is when the addition of new seg
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Postembryonic development in Arthropoda that adds segments during moults
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anamorphosis_(biology)
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2023-07-19T00:00:20Z
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