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  2. Ecdysis - Wikipedia

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    The process of moulting in insects begins with the separation of the cuticle from the underlying epidermal cells (apolysis) and ends with the shedding of the old cuticle (ecdysis). In many species it is initiated by an increase in the hormone ecdysone. This hormone causes: apolysis – the separation of the cuticle from the epidermis

  3. Moulting - Wikipedia

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    A dragonfly in its radical final moult, metamorphosing from an aquatic nymph to a winged adult.. In biology, moulting (British English), or molting (American English), also known as sloughing, shedding, or in many invertebrates, ecdysis, is a process by which an animal casts off parts of its body to serve some beneficial purpose, either at specific times of the year, or at specific points in ...

  4. Arthropod exoskeleton - Wikipedia

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    Moulting is a complex process that is invariably dangerous for the arthropod involved. Before the old exoskeleton is shed, the cuticle separates from the epidermis through a process called apolysis. Early in the process of apolysis the epithelial cells release enzymatic moulting fluid between the old cuticle and the epidermis.

  5. Apolysis - Wikipedia

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    Apolysis (Ancient Greek: ἀπόλυσις "discharge, lit. absolution") is the separation of the cuticle from the epidermis in arthropods and related groups . Since the cuticle of these animals is also the skeletal support of the body and is inelastic, it is shed during growth and a new covering of larger dimensions is formed.

  6. Category:Child characters in video games - Wikipedia

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    As with real children, the term refers to characters who are understood to be biologically and/or chronologically under age 18 during the course of a game in which they are depicted. In the case of characters who mature to adulthood in the course of the story, articles should only be included in this category if the character's childhood ...

  7. Category:Video games about children - Wikipedia

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    Baby Boomer (video game) Baby Pac-Man; Baby T-Rex; Balloon Kid; Barney's Hide & Seek Game; Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly; Beacon Pines; Bebe's Kids (video game) Ben's Game; Bible Adventures; Big Brain Wolf; The Binding of Isaac (video game) The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth; Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa; Bird Mother; Boku no Natsuyasumi; Boku ...

  8. Skin sloughing - Wikipedia

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    Keratinocytes are the main cell type of the epidermis. They form several layers of the skin. Life for a keratinocyte begins at the stratum basale layer. Cells here proliferate and move through the stratum spinosum and stratum granulosum. The topmost layer is called the stratum corneum.

  9. Midnight Rescue! - Wikipedia

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    The program is designed to help strengthen the reading and critical thinking skills of children grades three to five. [2] Midnight Rescue is a side-scrolling adventure game whose objective is to prevent a school from disappearing by midnight by deducing Morty Maxwell's hiding place. To do this, the player must roam the halls of Shady Glen ...