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MSH: 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.,CSP: change of an organism's shape or structure, particularly in the transition between developmental stages in amphibia and various invertebrates.,GO: 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. [GOC:sensu, ISBN:0198506732, ISBN:0721662544]
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