tetraparental

English

Etymology

tetra- +‎ parental

Adjective

tetraparental (not comparable)

  1. Involving four parents, but especially involving two integrated but genetically different embryos
    • 2015 July 28, Cecilia M. Thompson, Karen L. Visick, “Assessing the function of STAS domain protein SypA in Vibrio fischeri using a comparative analysis”, in Frontiers in Microbiology‎, volume 6, DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2015.00760:
      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 ).
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