endosedentary

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

endo- +‎ sedentary

Adjective[edit]

endosedentary (not comparable)

  1. (biology, of a parasite) That settles down within a host
    • 2015 October 22, “Root Transcriptome Analysis of Wild Peanut Reveals Candidate Genes for Nematode Resistance”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Likewise, MYB genes have been identified in other plant species displaying resistance to endosedentary nematodes [67 ], which contributes to the assumption that some representatives of this TF family in A.