endoreplication

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noun

replication of the nuclear genome without cell division

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Meanings

nounendoreplication (plural endoreplications)

plural endoreplications

  1. biologyreplication of the nuclear genome without cell division

    A recent study suggested that enhanced induction of endoreplication after the second exposure could be responsible for the priming effect in mosquitoes [70 ].

    2015 July 17, “Bacterial Exposure at the Larval Stage Induced Sexual Immune Dimorphism and Priming in Adult Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From endo- + replication.

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