transovarian

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English

Etymology

From trans- +‎ ovarian.

Adjective

transovarian (not comparable)

  1. Through the ovaries.
    • 2015 October 8, “Profiling the Succession of Bacterial Communities throughout the Life Stages of a Higher Termite Nasutitermes arborum (Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) Using 16S rRNA Gene Pyrosequencing”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      This is the first molecular survey of the microbial composition in eggs and larval stages of termites and provides information on whether the gut microbiota of later instars originates from transovarian transmission through the eggs or from early inoculation of the offspring.

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