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quadrinucleated

quadrinucleated is the alternative form of quadrinucleate.

Meaning of quadrinucleate

Adjective

quadrinucleate (not comparable)

  1. Having four nuclei.
    • As a result of meiosis, quadrinucleate spermatids are formed, but only the nuclei of maternal origin produce sperm (Fig. 3).2015 July 9, Ilya A. Gavrilov-Zimin, Andrey V. Stekolshchikov, D.C. Gautam, “General trends of chromosomal evolution in Aphidococca (Insecta, Homoptera, Aphidinea + Coccinea)”, in Comparative...

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Origin of quadrinucleated

From quadri- + nucleated.

Questions about quadrinucleated

What is quadrinucleated the alternative form of?
Quadrinucleated is the alternative form of quadrinucleate.

Words near quadrinucleated in the dictionary

  1. quadrinomials
  2. quadrinominal
  3. quadrins
  4. quadrinuclear
  5. quadrinucleate
  6. quadrinucleated
  7. quadrinucleates
  8. quadrinvariant
  9. quadrinvariants
  10. quadrioxalate
  11. quadripara

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