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postdauer

postdauer noun: a stage in the development of nematode larvae following dauer; the organism at this stage.

Noun

postdauer (plural postdauers)

  1. A stage in the development of nematode larvae following dauer; the organism at this stage.
    • […] postdauer developmental pathway. The extent of suppression is independent of the length of dauer arrest. Postdauer development in suppressed animals appears essentially wildtype, […]1987, Jonathan Hodgkin, Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 1987 Meeting on C. Elegans: May 6-May 10, 1987
    • ... postdauer csr-1 hypomorph mutants compared to wild-type postdauer worms (Hall et al., 2013).2013 July 24, Advances in Genetics, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 41

Forms of postdauer

pluralpostdauers

Origin of postdauer

From post- + dauer.

Questions about postdauer

What does postdauer mean?
Postdauer means a stage in the development of nematode larvae following dauer; the organism at this stage.
What part of speech is postdauer?
Postdauer is a noun.
What is the plural of postdauer?
The plural of postdauer is postdauers.

Words near postdauer in the dictionary

  1. postdate
  2. postdated
  3. postdates
  4. postdating
  5. postdatings
  6. postdauer
  7. postdauers
  8. postdawn
  9. postdeadline
  10. postdeal
  11. postdeastringency

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