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ex-ˈconjugant
Also ex-conjugate.
[f. ex-1 + L. conjugānt-em pr. pple. of conjugāre (see conjugate v.); conjugate f. the vb.]
One of a pair of protozoa, bacteria, etc., that have recently been in conjugation. Also attrib. or as adj.
1902Proc. R. Soc. Edin. XXIII. 420 He succeeded in getting exconjugates to conjugate within that small number of divisions. 1903Archiv für Entwicklungsmechanik der Organismen XV. 174 After separation, the two ex-conjugants have been isolated and their divisions carefully recorded. 1953R. P. Hall Protozool. ii. 95 Exconjugant and non-conjugant lines of Paramecium caudatum and Pleurotricha lanceolata. 1960New Biol. XXXI. 109 The two paramecia, when they separate after conjugation (they are then known as ex-conjugants) have the same nuclear (genic) material. 1964W. Hayes Genetics of Bacteria & their Viruses xxii. 557 A different approach is to carry out a pedigree analysis of single, exconjugant, recipient bacteria and their progeny with the aid of a micromanipulator. |