homoecious

Thân thiện

The rust fungus is homoecious, living its entire life on one wheat plant.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Completing an entire life cycle on a single host: In biology, especially in parasitology and mycology, "homoecious" describes an organism, such as a rust fungus, that does not require alternating hosts. Its entire life cycle, from spore to reproduction, occurs on one species of host plant.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The homoecious rust fungus is easier to study because it infects only wheat.
  • Unlike heteroecious parasites, homoecious species complete their development on a single host.

Advanced Usage

• Scientific Context: The term is almost exclusively used in technical biological texts, particularly concerning fungi (mycology) and plant pathology. It is synonymous with "autoecious."
  • The researcher's paper focused on the evolutionary advantages of homoecious life cycles.

Variants and Related Words

• Autoecious (adj): A direct synonym for "homoecious," meaning having all stages of the life cycle on one host.
• Heteroecious (adj): The antonym, describing parasites (especially rust fungi) that require two or more different host species to complete their life cycle.

Synonyms

• Autoecious: (Identical meaning) Completing the life cycle on one host.
• Monoxenous: In parasitology, living on or in a single host species during a life cycle.

Antonyms

• Heteroecious: Requiring two or more different host species to complete a life cycle.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host
   • autoecious rust fungi

Từ đồng nghĩa

• autoecious