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Term metamorphosis ID (Ontology) GO:0007552 (Gene Ontology)
Definition A biological process in which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's form or structure. Examples include the change from tadpole to frog, and the change from larva to adult. An example of this is found in Drosophila melanogaster.[ ISBN:0198506732 ISBN:0721662544 ]
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multicellular organismal process
 |__multicellular organism development__________________
anatomical structure development                        |
 |__multicellular organism development__________________|
 |__animal gross anatomical part developmental process__|
                                                        metamorphosis  500 rec.
                                                         |__imaginal disc morphogenesis 438 rec.
                                                         |   |__clypeo-labral disc morphogenesis(+)
                                                         |   |__eye-antennal disc morphogenesis(+) 41 rec.
                                                         |   |__genital disc morphogenesis(+) 22 rec.
                                                         |   |__haltere disc morphogenesis(+) 3 rec.
                                                         |   |__histoblast morphogenesis(+) 13 rec.
                                                         |   |__imaginal disc eversion 7 rec.
                                                         |   |__imaginal disc fusion(+) 35 rec.
                                                         |   |__labial disc morphogenesis(+)
                                                         |   |__leg disc morphogenesis(+) 77 rec.
                                                         |   |__morphogenesis of larval imaginal disc epithelium(+) 7 rec.
                                                         |   |__prothoracic disc morphogenesis
                                                         |   |__wing disc morphogenesis(+) 314 rec.
                                                         |__larval midgut histolysis 28 rec.
                                                         |   |__larval midgut cell programmed cell death 25 rec.
                                                         |__salivary gland histolysis 11 rec.
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Wikipedia:Metamorphosis