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MeSH Heading: Metamorphosis, Biological
Tree Number(s): G07.345.500.550
Unique ID: D008675
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008675
Scope Note: Profound physical changes during maturation of living organisms from the immature forms to the adult forms, such as from TADPOLES to frogs; caterpillars to BUTTERFLIES.
Entry Version: METAMORPHOSIS BIOL
Entry Term(s): Biological Metamorphosis
Date Introduced: 1966/01/01
Last Updated: 2016/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Metamorphosis, Biological MeSH Descriptor Data 2026