Biology:Ametabolism

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Ametabolism is a type of growth or life cycle in insects in which there is slight or no metamorphosis, only a gradual increase in size. It is present only in primitive wingless insects: the orders Archaeognatha and Zygentoma.[1][2]

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References

  1. McGavin, George C. Essential Entomology: An Order-by-Order Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. pp. 20.
  2. Triplehorn, Charles A; Johnson, Norman F (2005). Borror and DeLong's introduction to the study of insects. (7th ed.). Australia: Thomson, Brooks/Cole. ISBN 9780030968358. 

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