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In zoology, indeterminate growth refers to the condition where animals grow rapidly when young, and continue to grow after reaching adulthood although at a slower pace. [1] It is common in fish, amphibians, reptiles, and many molluscs. [2]
Modular organisms [3] have indeterminate growth forms (life stages not set) through repeated iteration of genetically identical modules (or individuals), and it can be difficult to distinguish between the colony as a whole and the modules within. [4] In the latter case, modules may have specific functions within the colony.
These animals produce new skin and integuments throughout their life, replacing them according to growth. Arthropod growth, however, is limited by the space within its current exoskeleton. Failure to shed the exoskeleton once outgrown can result in the animal's death or prevent subadults from reaching maturity, thus preventing them from ...
In fact, there may not be a limit on how big a fish can grow, Oldfield says, as the more than 35,000 diverse species on Earth often exhibit indeterminate growth, allowing them to continue growing ...
In those shelled molluscs that have indeterminate growth, the shell grows steadily over the lifetime of the mollusc by the addition of calcium carbonate to the leading edge or opening. Thus the shell gradually becomes longer and wider, in an increasing spiral shape, to better accommodate the growing animal inside.
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These stolon-like rhizomes are long and thin, with long internodes and indeterminate growth with lateral buds at the node, which mostly remain dormant. [citation needed] In potatoes, the stolons [15] start to grow within 10 days of plants emerging above ground, with tubers usually beginning to form on the end of the stolons. [16]