Tetraparental
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Tetraparental is an adjective meaning Involving four parents, but especially involving two integrated but genetically different embryos.
Meaning
Involving four parents, but especially involving two integrated but genetically different embryos.
Example Sentences
All pARM47-based constructs contain two promoters, the vector-containing lac promoter and the sypA promoter, and were inserted into the chromosomal Tn 7 site of V. fischeri strains using tetraparental conjugation ( McCann et al., 2003 ).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include multiparental, multiparent, tetragametic, biparental, bipaternal, multifetal.
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