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Energetic loads and informational entropy during insect metamorphosis: measuring structural variability and

Petros T Damos1, Nikos T Papadopoulos, Alexandros Rigas

  • 1Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, Laboratory of Applied Zoology and Parasitology, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece. damos@agro.auth.gr

Journal of Theoretical Biology
|July 16, 2011
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This study uses information theory to quantify insect metamorphosis, revealing how structural changes relate to informational entropy. Insect development involves periods of disorganization and reorganization, measurable through biochemical shifts.

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