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Etymology

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From post- +‎ dauer.

Noun

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postdauer (plural postdauers)

  1. A stage in the development of nematode larvae following dauer; the organism at this stage.
    • 1987, Jonathan Hodgkin, Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 1987 Meeting on C. Elegans: May 6-May 10, 1987:
      [] postdauer developmental pathway. The extent of suppression is independent of the length of dauer arrest. Postdauer development in suppressed animals appears essentially wildtype,  []
    • 2013 July 24, Advances in Genetics, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 41:
      ... postdauer csr-1 hypomorph mutants compared to wild-type postdauer worms (Hall et al., 2013).

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