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Meaning of "thelytokous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THELYTOKOUS

θɪˈlɪtəkəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THELYTOKOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Thelytokous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES THELYTOKOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Thelytoky

Thelytoky is a type of parthenogenesis in which females are produced from unfertilized eggs. Thelytokous parthenogenesis is rare in the animal kingdom and reported in about 1,500 species, about 1% of described animal species, according to a 1984 study. It is more common in invertebrates, like arthropods, but it can occur in vertebrates, including salamanders, fish, and reptiles such as some whiptail lizards. Thelytoky can occur by a number of different mechanisms each of which has a different impact on the level of homozygosity. It can be induced in Hymenoptera by the bacteria Wolbachia and Cardinium, and has also been described in several groups of Hymenoptera, including Cynipidae, Tenthredinidae, Aphelinidae, Ichneumonidae, Apidae and Formicidae.

Definition of thelytokous in the English dictionary

The definition of thelytokous in the dictionary is only able to produce female offspring.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THELYTOKOUS

abacus · amaracus · Archilochus · atokous · Callimachus · Caractacus · Caratacus · diplodocus · ditokous · entomostracous · Lysimachus · malacostracous · monotocous · polytocous · Spartacus · stenokous · stomachous · Telemachus · urachus

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THELYTOKOUS

theine · their · theirs · theism · theist · theistic · theistical · theistically · thelitis · thelytoky · them · thema · thematic · thematic apperception test · thematic approach · thematically · thematisation · thematization · theme

WORDS THAT END LIKE THELYTOKOUS

anonymous · continuous · crankous · curious · dangerous · delicious · eurokous · euryokous · fabulous · famous · gorgeous · miscellaneous · nous · numerous · previous · religious · ridiculous · serious · soukous · various

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telítoca
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thélytoque
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Thelytokous
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thelytokous
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thelytokous
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thelytokous
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THELYTOKOUS»

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Lost Sex: The Evolutionary Biology of Parthenogenesis
Hence, a widespread thelytokous lineage was again found but at this larger geographical scale, no thelytokous wasps were detected with close resemblance to arrhenotokous ones, as was the case in the Cote d'Azur. The mitochondrial DNA ...
Isa Schön, Koen Martens, Peter J. Dijk, 2009
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The Masterpiece of Nature: The Evolution and Genetics of ...
Males are absent from large parts of the ranges of Lamyctes fulvicornis, L. coeculus and Lithobius aulacopus, which are inferred to be thelytokous in these areas (Eason, 1964; Enghoff, 1976a). Enghoff also ascribes thelytoky with somewhat ...
Graham Bell, 1982
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Genetics, Evolution, and Biological Control
During subsequent laboratory rearing the culture became thelytokous. Flanders blamed this either on the plant material on which the host was reared or on the constant temperatures under which the cultures were kept in the laboratory ...
Lester E. Ehler, R. Sforza, T. Mateille, 2003
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Animal Cytology and Evolution
However, the thelytokous arctic simuliid Gymnopais sp. lays only about twenty eggs compared with several hundreds in more southern bisexual species ( Downes 1964). More important, perhaps, are some of the advantages of thelytoky from ...
M. J. D. White, 1977
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Encyclopedia of Insects
In each of these species there are four different kinds of reproductive females: an adult female; a thelytokous paedogenetic larva (i.e., a reproductively mature larva ), an arrhenotokous paedogenetic larva, and a deuterotokous paedogenetic ...
Vincent H. Resh, Ring T. Cardé, 2003
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The Evolution of Sex
In Ambystoma, there are two diploid bisexual species, A. laterale and A. jeffersonianum, and two triploid thelytokous forms, one having two laterale and one jeffersonianum chromosome sets and the other one laterale and two jeffersonianum ...
John Maynard Smith, 1978
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Mites: Ecological and Evolutionary Analyses of Life-History ...
For example, it would be incorrect to consider thelytoky in Mucronothrus nasalis as an adaptation to life in cold oligotrophic streams and deep lakes, since all species in its family (Trhypochthoniidae) are thelytokous, regardless of their habitat.
Marilyn A. Houck, 1994
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Behavioural Ecology of Insect Parasitoids: From theoretical ...
Thelytokous biological control agents are, in principle, able to produce more females than sexual lines. When population densities are low, males and females may have difficulty in locating each other. Asexual lines obviously do not have this ...
Eric Wajnberg, Carlos Bernstein, Jacques van Alphen, 2008
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Insects as Natural Enemies: A Practical Perspective
Pijls et al. (1996) showed, by treating the thelytokous wasps with antibiotics, that the arrhenotokous population of Apoanagyrus (1⁄4Epidinocarsis) diversicornis attacking the cassava mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti in Central South America ...
Mark A. Jervis, 2007
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Parasitoids of Drosophila
Antibiotic curing of females from thelytokous populations resulted in males that were able to complete courtship behavior with arrhenotokous females, resulting in successful copulation and sperm transfer (Pannebakker et al., 2004a, 2005).
‎2009

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THELYTOKOUS»

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A novel intracellular mutualistic bacterium in the invasive ant …
Another common phenotype caused by reproductive manipulators, the induction of thelytokous PI, can also be excluded. This would lead to exclusive female ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
Wow, Inilah 12 Fakta Mengejutkan Tentang Semut
Secara aseksual, semut akan melakukan kloning melalui proses yang dikenal seperti parthenogenesis thelytokous. Sedangkan dalam reproduksi seksual, ... «Tribun Jabar, Apr 15»
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This Might Be the Weirdest Mite You've Ever Seen
They are probably thelytokous, which is a fancy name for parthenogenesis. That's pretty common in mites; many species seem to have done away with males ... «Wired, Feb 14»
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2011年中国科学院新增院士康乐
Teng, Z.Q. and Kang, L, 2007, Microsatellites reveal the genetic structure of thelytokous stains of the migratory locust. Insect Science, 14:193-200. 14.Zhang, G.J. ... «生物谷, Dec 11»
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New faculty member studies evolution of social behavior in insects
... the molecular mechanisms and genomic consequences of a particular form of asexual reproduction known as thelytokous parthenogenesis, where unfertilized ... «The Rockefeller University Newswire, Aug 10»
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