| If sufficient stimuli are present, the physiological process of metamorphosis is initiated within the larvae. |
| This is unfortunate because the skeletal reorganization experienced by anurans during metamorphosis is unparalleled among vertebrates. |
| This is followed by a discussion of metamorphosis in insects and amphibians. |
| He kicked the jack-of-all-trades route to the curb, got himself a band, and made a quick metamorphosis into a brash rocker. |
| The free-swimming larva settles and undergoes metamorphosis into a juvenile sponge. |
| Most studies of invertebrate larval metamorphosis have been performed with species that are sedentary or sessile as adults. |
