tetraparental

English

Etymology

From tetra- +‎ parental.

Adjective

tetraparental (not comparable)

1. Involving four parents, but especially involving two integrated but genetically different embryos
   • 2015 July 28, Cecilia M. Thompson, Karen L. Visick, “Assessing the function of STAS domain protein SypA in Vibrio fischeri using a comparative analysis”, in Frontiers in Microbiology‎^[1], volume 6, →DOI:

     All pARM47-based constructs contain two promoters, the vector-containing lac promoter and the sypA promoter, and were inserted into the chromosomal Tn 7 site of V. fischeri strains using tetraparental conjugation ( McCann et al., 2003 ).