dauerlarva

English

Alternative forms

• dauer larva

Noun

dauerlarva (plural dauerlarvae)

1. 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 […]