Definition of gynandromorph in English:
gynandromorph
noun dʒɪˈnandrəmɔːfɡʌɪˈnandrəmɔːfjinˈan-
Zoology Medicine An abnormal individual, especially an insect, having some male and some female characteristics.
Example sentencesExamples
- He also did extensive studies of radiation-induced somatic mutations, and he studied the formation of gynandromorphs and other mosaics, using mutant markers as tracers of embryonic lineages.
- The gynandromorphs were found in all study areas and in every study year, suggesting that gynandromorphism in this species is not a rare phenomenon.
- This is supported by the existence of gynandromorphs in Sciara.
- The In w vc chromosome is lost at high frequency in the earliest nuclear divisions to generate gynandromorphs containing large clones of male (haplo-X) and female (diplo-X) tissue.
- The negative sustained component was reduced to 1/3 of that from sibling controls or the contralateral eye in gynandromorphs.
Derivatives
adjective ɡʌɪnandrəˈmɔːfɪkdʒɪnandrəˈmɔːfɪk
Medicine Zoology We assume that the interneurones in gynandromorphic females that branch into the macroglomerular complex induced by a grafted male antenna can activate this pathway.
Example sentencesExamples
- The asterisk denotes the methyl farnesoate level at which gynandromorphic offspring were produced.
- In addition, numbers of gynandromorphic daphnia rose when they were exposed to a particular pesticide - pyriproxyfen - and the effect increased when the water fleas were also exposed to warmer temperatures.
- Also, when we have time, she and I have fun with gynandromorphic moths - insects with a transplanted antennal imagined disk from the opposite sex.
- There are some cases of gynandromorphic mocker swallowtail butterflies, which are sexual mosaics that display both male and female wing coloration and patterns, and andromorphic females, which display male wing designs.
noundʒɪnandrəˈmɔːfɪz(ə)mɡʌɪnandrəˈmɔːfɪz(ə)m
Medicine Zoology What this extraordinary lobster is experiencing is a condition known as gynandromorphy, in which the animal was accidentally built with parts of both male and female plumping.
Example sentencesExamples
- It's a phenomenon known as bilateral gynandromorphy, and it's been observed in butterflies, moths, and lobsters.
- But, sometimes only the genitalia exhibit gynandromorphy, as is the case with this specimen.
- Literally, gynandromorphy is a condition of having female and male reproductive characteristics.
- Such nematode infections that carry through to the adult phase result in either complete feminization of the host or intersexes and gynandromorphy.
Origin
Late 19th century: from Greek gunandros 'of doubtful sex' (see gynandrous) + morphē 'form'.