Definition of "epimorphic" [epimorphic]

• That becomes segmented prior to hatching (adjective)

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• "The data suggest that the age at which various inbred mouse strains become capable of epimorphic regeneration may be correlated with adult body weight."
• "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A., help to explain how epimorphic regeneration - the regrowing of morphologically and functionally perfect copies of amputated limbs - is controlled, an important step toward understanding why certain animals can do it and we cannot."
• "In addition, SDF1 as well as FGF signalling pathways have recently been shown to be involved in the control of epimorphic regeneration."