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This relationship is defined as when a parasite lives on or in the host organism for some period of its life.
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Symbiosis.
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This relationship is defined as when a parasite requires the host organism for its survival and reproduction.
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Obligatory.
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A symbiotic relationship in which one partner benefits without significantly affecting the other.
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Commensualism.
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A symbiotic relationship that provides an advantage to both species involved.
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Mutualism.
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Ecologically, parasites may be classified as.
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Microparasites and Macroparasites.
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Parasites that live on the skin within protective cover of hair and feathers.
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Ectoparasites.
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Parasites that live within their hosts.
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Endoparasites.
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The transfer of a parasite from one host to another without the involvement of an intermediate organism.
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Direct Transmission.
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The transfer of a parasite from one host to another by an intermediate organism.
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Vector.
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The host species in which the parasite becomes an adult and reaches maturity is referred to as the?
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Definitive Host.
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Two types of host species?
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Definitive or Intermediate.
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Host responses to parasitic invasion.
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Birds and mammals groom and preen. Deer seek dense, shady places. Plants form cysts.
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A mutual tolerance between the parasite and its host that involves adapting to each other to some degree.
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Coevolution of host and parasite.
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Mutualism between the host and the parasite.
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When the coevolution evolves to the point where both benefit.
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