Meaning of gynopara | Babel Free

Definitions

A viviparous female aphid that is born in the autumn on a secondary host, then flies to the primary host where she produces new females that mate and deposit eggs.

Examples

“Field experience has shown that the arrival of a single gynopara (and one or more males) is sufficient to produce a severe infestation over the entire tree the following spring.”

“And in the absence of evidence to the contrary, one must conclude that the gynopara constitutes a distinct form in these species.”

“Sex allocation by dimorphic host-alternating species, however, can best be described as sequential hermaphroditism: gynoparae are produced before males (Figure 5.5; Dixon and Glen, 1971).”

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