单词 gigantism 释义 BETA

Examples ofgigantism

Dictionary> Examples ofgigantismgigantismisn’t in the Cambridge Dictionary yet. You can help!Add a definitionFor the sake of this paper, we viewgigantismand stunting as time-specific phenomena and not as ultimate endpoints.From theCambridge English CorpusIn the studies we reviewed, an increased incidence of bothgigantismand host mortality was observed among studies using ten or more miracidia.From theCambridge English CorpusStriking growth differences were apparent between these groups with lymnaeids displayinggigantismmore often than planorbids.From theCambridge English CorpusBased upon mathematical models and empirical evidence, they posited that snails with intermediate life spans (2-3 years) were most likely to showgigantism.From theCambridge English CorpusGigantismand stunting, as the names imply, refer to hosts that are atypically large or small, respectively, when compared to other members of their population or cohort.From theCambridge English CorpusUnder this hypothesis,gigantismis viewed as a host adaptation that improves host survival beyond the longevity of the parasite.From theCambridge English CorpusThe cardinal features are abdominal wall defects, macroglossia andgigantism.From theCambridge English CorpusA noteworthy outcome was that freshwater snails seemed much more likely to displaygigantismthan marine snails.From theCambridge English CorpusEnvisaged in this context,gigantismmay be beneficial to host (and hence parasite) viability and enable increased parasite reproduction.From theCambridge English CorpusThere have been many debates overgigantismin molluscs infected by trematodes, but no universal agreement.From theCambridge English CorpusThus, it appears thatgigantismmay be as evident in the field as it is in the laboratory for trematode-infected freshwater snails.From theCambridge English CorpusOur results clearly do not support such mechanisms ofgigantismbased solely on reallocation of resources that would otherwise have been allocated to host reproduction.From theCambridge English CorpusThe implications for our understanding of the phenomenon ofgigantismare discussed.From theCambridge English CorpusThe form ofgigantismfound in this study is discussed in relation to previous concepts.From theCambridge English CorpusThese investigators felt that this difference might explain the paucity of field studies demonstratinggigantism.From theCambridge English CorpusIn studies involving rediae, the frequency ofgigantismincreases with time (8 % during prepatency, 60 % at patency, 58 % at the end of the experiment).From theCambridge English CorpusA major problem with cities is the disease of 'metropolitanism', a type ofgigantismthat spills over to engulf and regiment the countryside.From theCambridge English Corpus

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