Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Following the embryonic stage of development.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Subsequent to the embryonic stage or state of any animal; postnatal.
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- adjective That follows the
embryonic stage of development
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Examples
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I liked hearing about Bob's work with John Sulston elucidating the postembryonic lineage of the animal and the idea of spending some time in England, so I asked Bob if he thought Sydney would take me on as a postdoc.
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By tracing the postembryonic cell lineages involved in muscle development, I discovered that to this number is added an additional 14 muscle cells, three in each dorsal quadrant and four in each ventral quadrant.
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In the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans, screens were begun by S. Brenner for mutations which alter the stereotyped pattern of postembryonic development (6).
Nobel Lecture The Identification Of Genes Controlling Development In Flies And Fishes 1995
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Collectively, our findings implicate dSETDB1 in postembryonic
Elites TV 2010
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DSETDB1 is involved in postembryonic DNA methylation and silencing of
Elites TV 2010
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However, the factors and mechanisms involved in dynamic, postembryonic DNA methylation remain unclear.
Elites TV 2010
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Rohrbough J, Prokop A, Broadie K (1999) A role for PS integrins in morphological growth and synaptic function at the postembryonic neuromuscular junction of Drosophila.
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The fourth of the Caltech papers, by Paul W. Sternberg, the Thomas Hunt Morgan Professor of Biology at Caltech and an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), and his colleagues, looks at a postembryonic gene regulatory network in Caenorhabditis elegans, a soil-dwelling worm commonly studied by developmental biologists.
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The bactericidal agent triclosan modulates thyroid hormone-associated gene expression and disrupts postembryonic anuran development.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2008
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"fetus: the unborn offspring in the postembryonic period, after major structures have been outlined, in humans from nine weeks after fertilization until birth."
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Whizkid 2010
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