dauerlarva
English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]dauerlarva (plural dauerlarvae)
- A morphologically recognizable, nongrowing stage in the postembryological development of the free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
- 1975, Daniel McMahon, C. Fred Fox, Developmental Biology: Pattern Formation, Gene Regulation, Addison Wesley Longman:
- […] 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 […]