noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
postzygotic
Technical term in genetics and developmental biology, referring to events or processes occurring after the formation of a zygote.
接合後の遺伝子発現を解析した。
We analyzed postzygotic gene expression.
接合後隔離は種分化の重要な機構である。
Postzygotic isolation is an important mechanism of speciation.
postzygotic isolation
Compound of 接合 (setsugō, 'zygosis, conjugation') + 後 (go, 'after'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning.