dauerlarva

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noun

A morphologically recognizable, nongrowing stage in the postembryological development of the free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

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Meanings

noundauerlarva (plural dauerlarvae)

plural dauerlarvae · alternative dauer larva

  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
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