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GROWTH + METAMORPHOSIS
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Undergraduate 2
12/14/2006

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Term
WHAT IS ECDYSIS?
Definition
molting
Term
ECDYSIS PROCESS
Definition
[molting process]

ENVIRONMENT(EITHER INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL)>NERVOUS SYSTEM>ECDYSONE>MOLTING PROCESS
Term
WHAT DOES APOLYSIS MEAN?
Definition
WHEN old cuticle separates from epidermis.

-new epicuticle is formed
-new cuticle is formed
-ecdysis occurs(insects cralws out of it's old skin)
-expansion ( swallows huge amount of air +puffens up)
-Hardening
Term
METAMORPHOSIS?
Definition
A CHANGE IN FORM DURING DEVELOPMENT

EX: EGG IN CATERPILLAR, CATERPILLAR TO PUPA, PUPA TO ADULT.
Term
categories of development> AMETABOLISM
Definition
EGG>NYMPH>NYMPH>(THERE CAN BE 12 JUVENILE STAGES)>ADULT(SEXUALLYY ACTIVE +MATURE)..REPRODUCTIVELY ACTIVE

-apterygota:no wings
Term
categories of development> HEMIMETABOLISM
Definition
"INCOMPLETE METAMORPHOSIS"

EGG>NYMPH>NYMPH>NYMPH>ADULT(SEXUALLY ACTIVE + MATURE)

WING PADS PRESENT IN JUVENILES, WINGS IN ADULTS
Term
WHAT ARE JUVENILES KNOWN AS?
Definition
NYMPHS.
Term
categories of development> HOLOMETABOLISM
Definition
"COMPLETE METAMORPHOSIS"

EGG>LARVAE>LARVAE>LARVAE>PUPA>ADULT(SEXUALLY ACTIVE + MATURE)

THE JUVENILE stage is the LARVA (no wings, no compound eyes)

the PUPA stage is where the most drastic changes occur.

the LARVAL stages are feeding + growth stages

ex. monarch butterfly.
Term
what is an INSTAR?
Definition
identifies the stage which he juveniles are at.
Term
what is a STADIUM?
Definition
time between instars
Term
what is DIAPAUSE?
Definition
period of arrested development, often in the PUPAL STAGE (usually occurs in pupal stages + in winter) a way to avoid hostile environment.
Term
UNIVOLTINE
BiVOLTINE
MULTivOLTINE
Definition
one generation, two generations, GREATER than 2 generations.
Term
WHAT is the HORMOMAL CONTROL OF METAMORPHOSIS?
Definition
JUVENILE hormone.
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