Monoxenous development
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Monoxenous development, or monoxeny, characterizes a parasite whose development is restricted to a single host species.[1]
The etymology of the terms monoxeny / monoxenous derives from the two ancient Greek words Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl), meaning "unique", and Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl), meaning "foreign".[2][3]
In a monoxenous life cycle, the parasitic species may be strictly host specific (using only a single host species, such as gregarines[4]) or not (e.g. Eimeria, Coccidia).
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