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^[1], →DOI:

     A recent study suggested that enhanced induction of endoreplication after the second exposure could be responsible for the priming effect in mosquitoes [70 ].