"microbial clock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: microbial clocks [plural]
Etymology: Term coined by microbial ecologist and evolutionary biologist Jessica Metcalf around 2010. Head templates: {{en-noun}} microbial clock (plural microbial clocks)
  1. related to post-mortem forensic analysis, this is a specific microbiome which changes in a stereotypical fashion which marks time passed after expiration of a human or animal.
    Sense id: en-microbial_clock-en-noun-kSRHtW1p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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