postdauer

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noun

A stage in the development of nematode larvae following dauer; the organism at this stage.

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Meanings

nounpostdauer (plural postdauers)

plural postdauers

  1. A stage in the development of nematode larvae following dauer; the organism at this stage.

    ... 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
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    […] 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

Origin

From post- + dauer.

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Anagrams

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postdauer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postdauer.

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