homoecious

• Редкое, устаревшее прилагательное, используемое в биологии для описания паразита, который проводит весь свой жизненный цикл на одном виде хозяина.

A rare, obsolete adjective used in biology to describe a parasite that spends its entire life cycle on a single host species.

1. Single-host life cycleC2formalscientific

   Describes a parasite, especially a rust fungus, that completes its entire life cycle on a single host species.

   Однохозяйный жизненный цикл

   • The rust fungus is homoecious, requiring only one plant species to complete its life cycle.
   • Homoecious parasites are often easier to study in a controlled environment.
   • Unlike heteroecious fungi, homoecious species do not need to alternate between different hosts.