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dauer larva

dauer larva is the alternative form of dauerlarva.

Meaning of dauerlarva

Noun

dauerlarva (plural dauerlarvae)

  1. A morphologically recognizable, nongrowing stage in the postembryological development of the free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
    • […] suggests the dauerlarva is resistant because of non-feeding and a more resistant cuticle. Examination of the dauerlarva cuticle by thin sectioning and electron micro[…]1975, Daniel McMahon, C. Fred Fox, Developmental Biology: Pattern Formation, Gene Regulation, Addison Wesley Longman

Forms of dauer larva

pluraldauer larvae

Questions about dauer larva

What is dauer larva the alternative form of?
Dauer larva is the alternative form of dauerlarva.

Words near dauer larva in the dictionary

  1. daudle
  2. dauds
  3. Dauenhauer
  4. Dauenhauers
  5. dauer
  6. dauer larva
  7. dauer larvae
  8. dauerlarva
  9. dauerlarvae
  10. dauermodification
  11. dauermodifications

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