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endosedentary

endosedentary adjective: that settles down within a host.

Adjective

endosedentary (not comparable)

  1. That settles down within a host
    • Likewise, MYB genes have been identified in other plant species displaying resistance to endosedentary nematodes [67 ], which contributes to the assumption that some representatives of this TF family in A.2015 October 22, “Root Transcriptome Analysis of Wild Peanut Reveals Candidate Genes for Nematode Resistance”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of endosedentary

From endo- + sedentary.

Questions about endosedentary

What does endosedentary mean?
Endosedentary means that settles down within a host.
What part of speech is endosedentary?
Endosedentary is an adjective.

Words near endosedentary in the dictionary

  1. endoscopists
  2. endoscopy
  3. endosecretome
  4. endosecretomes
  5. endosecretory
  6. endosedentary
  7. endosemiosis
  8. endosemiotic
  9. endosemiotics
  10. endosex
  11. endosexism

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