Collocations withhost
These are words often used in combination withhost.
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host cell
The mechanism of host cell reorganization is unknown.
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host galaxy
These black holes grow in step with the mass of stars in their host galaxy in a way not understood at present.
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host immunity
It is tempting to implicate host immunity and differences in worm immunogenicity as casual factors, although there are no data to support this.
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host organism
In many cases parasites are incapable of surviving and multiplying in the absence of a host organism.
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host plant
No preference was observed between leaf odours from the principle host plant, peach, and the secondary host plant, apple.
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host range
Therefore, we controlled host range for host sample size by using residual values of the linear regression between host range and host sample size.
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host society
The community was overwhelmingly male and insistent on remaining aloof from the host society.
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host specificity
Against all odds: explaining high host specificity in dispersal-prone parasites.
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host star
We show that close-in extrasolar planets in the habitable zone of low-mass stars are synchronously rotating with their host star because of the tidal interaction.
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infected host
Note that such a dose dependency would have to exist in an infected host, with high numbers of bacteria already present.
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intermediate host
It is possible that the first intermediate host is only infective during a specific season other than late summer/early autumn.
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larval host
In both the above species, fertilized females boring through the body wall of the larval host initiate infection.
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mammalian host
In the mammalian host, parasites infect leukocytes and erythrocytes.
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radio host
In the 1950s he was the foremost radio host in the country, and also took part in numerous movies as himself.
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reservoir host
In addition, these models have practical applications beyond linking a disease process in a reservoir host to spillover.
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suitable host
Following ingestion, oncospheres are liberated from egg membranes and, if in a suitable host, actively penetrate the gut of the copepod into the body cavity.
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susceptible host
In these regions, the climate is favourable for the parasite, and a susceptible host animal fauna exists.
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vertebrate host
The monoclonal antibody reaction pattern for antigenic variants 1 and 4 and the number of isolates for each vertebrate host are shown.
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whole host
The class above me, in particular, included a whole host of people whose names you know.
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