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European eels go through a process called silvering. This is the process of a ,yellow, immature feeding eel developing into a, silver, migratory eel. Silvering is important in an eels development because it allows for increse levels of cristoles, needed for there migration from fresh water back to the sea. This is achieved by metamorphosis which allows for the physiological changes in each developmental stage the eels go through.

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 * 1) Endocrine profiles during silvering of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) living in saltwater, Dufour et al. 2007: https://brill.com/view/journals/ab/57/4/article-p453_7.xml
 * 2) The Physiology of Silvering in Anguillid Eels: Androgens and Control of Metamorphosis from the Yellow to Silver Stage
 * 3) Metamorphosis and transition between developmental stages in European eel (Anguilla anguilla, L.) involve epigenetic changes in DNA methylation patterns, Trautner et al. 2017:
 * 4) Seasonal Evolution and Individual Differences in Silvering Eels from Different Locations, Durif et al. 2009 (book chapter):