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larval stage

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larval stage - Describes a period of monomaniacal concentration on coding apparently passed through by all fledgling hackers. Common symptoms include the perpetration of more than one 36-hour hacking run in a given week; neglect of all other activities including usual basics like food, sleep, and personal hygiene; and a chronic case of advanced bleary-eye. Can last from 6 months to 2 years, the apparent median being around 18 months. A few so afflicted never resume a more "normal" life, but the ordeal seems to be necessary to produce really wizardly (as opposed to merely competent) programmers. See also wannabee. A less protracted and intense version of larval stage (typically lasting about a month) may recur when one is learning a new OS or programming language.


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The longer time spent in the larval stage is frightening on several levels.
Her topics are the origin of somatic and germ cells during larval stages and juvenile periods; the male reproductive system, testis development and structure, urogenital connections and reproductive tract, spermatogenesis, and regulation of the reproductive cycle; the female reproductive system; and early embryonic and post-embryonic development, direct development, and neoteny.
Such legacy effects have been documented in a wide range of marine invertebrates (Marshall & Keough 2004, Padilla & Miner 2006, Pechenik 2006) and highlight the importance of considering the larval stage when investigating recruitment patterns or population dynamics.
 
 
 
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