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Observed especially in invertebrates such as certain lobsters
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morphallaxis
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n. (context biology English) The regeneration of specific tissue due to loss or death of the existing tissue.
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n. regeneration on a reduced scale of a body part; observed especially in invertebrates such as certain lobsters [also: morphallaxes (pl)]
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Morphallaxis is the regeneration of specific tissue in a variety of organisms due to loss or death of the existing tissue. The word comes from the Greek allazein, which means to exchange. The classical example of morphallaxis is that of the Cnidarian hydra, ...
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They were only dime-quarters the size of the previous model, but packed into that small size was easily double the morphallaxis capability.