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Also known as biological metamorphosis, Metamorphosis, Biological
thumb|A dragonfly undergoing the final moult of its metamorphosis; in this process it transforms from its nymphal form to its adult stage
Metamorphosis is a biological process where animals undergo dramatic physical transformations, such as when a dragonfly changes from its aquatic nymphal form into a winged adult. This process matters because it allows animals to adapt to different environments and lifestyles at different stages of their lives, increasing their survival and reproductive success.
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生物学上的变态(英文:Metamorphosis)又称蜕变、变形,是指一种生物在出生或者孵化后,通过细胞繁殖和分化,产生显著相对的形态或结构上的急剧变化的过程。一些昆虫、两栖动物、软体动物、甲壳动物、刺胞动物、棘皮动物、被囊动物会经历变态的过程,通常(但不是所有的)伴随着环境和行为的改变。 在科学上的这个词汇是专有的,并不包括普通的细胞增殖(例如青春期发育)。对哺乳动物来说使用变态是不準確的。根据威廉姆斯的说法,变态是在发育当中在分类上的改变。
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Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).
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