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dauermodifications

dauermodifications is the plural of dauermodification.

Meaning of dauermodification

Noun

dauermodification (countable and uncountable, plural dauermodifications)

  1. The persistence of an abnormal characteristic – generally an environmentally induced trait – over several generations of the organism. Such characteristics are inherited through the cytoplasm and tend to disappear after a few generations.
    • Cytoplasmic inheritance or dauermodification are considered the most likely explanations for this difference in photoperiod reaction.1979 April 12, J. C. Sanford, R. E. Hanneman, “Reciprocal differences in the photoperiod reaction of hybrid populations in Solanum tuberosum”, in American Journal of Potato Research

Questions about dauermodifications

What is dauermodifications the plural of?
Dauermodifications is the plural of dauermodification.

Words near dauermodifications in the dictionary

  1. dauer larva
  2. dauer larvae
  3. dauerlarva
  4. dauerlarvae
  5. dauermodification
  6. dauermodifications
  7. dauers
  8. dauerschlaf
  9. Daugai
  10. Daugava
  11. Daugavpils

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