Interhost

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Between hosts not-comparable

    "The lack of allele 196 in hawthorn wasps for locus DA003 suggests that there is little or no effective interhost gene flow from apple, blueberry, or snowberry wasp populations into the hawthorn population."

Example

More examples

"The lack of allele 196 in hawthorn wasps for locus DA003 suggests that there is little or no effective interhost gene flow from apple, blueberry, or snowberry wasp populations into the hawthorn population."

Etymology

From inter- + host.

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