endoreplication

English

Etymology

endo- +‎ replication

Noun

endoreplication (plural endoreplications)

  1. (genetics) replication of the nuclear genome without cell division
    • 2015 July 17, “Bacterial Exposure at the Larval Stage Induced Sexual Immune Dimorphism and Priming in Adult Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0133240:
      A recent study suggested that enhanced induction of endoreplication after the second exposure could be responsible for the priming effect in mosquitoes [70 ].
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