ADJECTIVE
- (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult
How To Use hemimetabolous In A Sentence
- This second gene is only found in holometabolous insects, Drosophila, and silkworms but not in the more primitive hemimetabolous insects, like grasshoppers or springtails.
- Of course, you cannot rewire an organisms because of all the dependencies (although many evolutionists think this is very simple, e.g. from a ametabolous insect to a holo - or hemimetabolous insect). Artificial Life, Constraint by Design
- The EcR isoforms were newly identified in 51 species of insects and non-insect arthropods, including direct-developing ametabolous and hemimetabolous insects. BioMed Central - Latest articles
- Eye development in hemimetabolous insects such as the grasshopper Schistocerca americana is a repetitive multi-step process which starts in the embryo and extends through postembryogenesis.
- Not much is supposed to happen in terms of form changes throughout larval life until the end, when metamorphosis occurs in holometabolous forms, or when wings sprout out of preformed wing pads in hemimetabolous nymphs.
- Thus, intensive costly food provisioning of their young is not necessary, especially as young instars are rather independent due to their hemimetabolous development. BioMed Central - Latest articles
- The immature nymphs of hemimetabolous insects such as the grasshopper or cockroach for instance are born with adult-like morphology.
