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Parasitism

Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. Parasites include single-celled protozoans such as the agents of malaria, sleeping sickness, and amoebic dysentery; animals…

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Parasitism

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Triples169
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related to External links · 23
Parasitism → Centers, Disease Control, Division, Genera, Infectious Disease Practitioners, May, Medical, Mites, October, Oxford University Press, Parasitic Diseases Archived, Parasitic Insects, Parasitology, Parasitology Research Archived, Powerful Tool, PreventionKSU, Resources, Ticks, Veterinary Importance, Wayback Machine
related to Basic concepts · 13
Parasitism → An, Because, Macroparasites, Mesoparasites, Parasite, Predation, Some, Taxonomists, The, These, Unlike, Wilson, Within
related to Animals · 9
Parasitism → By, Ecto-parasitism, Endo, Hymenoptera, Invertebrate, Many, Numbers, The, Vertebrate
related to Ecology and parasitology · 9
Parasitism → Even, Further, In, Poulin, Robert Poulin, The, Their, There, This
related to Fossil record · 8
Parasitism → Early Cretaceous, Eggs, Late Triassic, Saurophthirus, Thailand, This, Trichomonas-like, Tyrannosaurus
related to Etymology · 6
Parasitism → English, First, Greekπαράσιτος, Latinised, Medieval French, The
related to Society · 6
Parasitism → According, John Playfair, Jonathan Swift, On Poetry, Rhapsody, The
related to Evolutionary ecology · 5
Parasitism → Humans, On, Perhaps, Some, Vertebrates
related to Major strategies · 3
Parasitism → From, There, These
is a · 2
Parasitism → close relationship between species, type of consumer

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parasites host species parasite hosts parasitic plants many one fungi animals example including life often bacteria eggs evolutionary may animal

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Parasitismis aclose relationship between species0.90text
Parasitismis atype of consumer0.90text
the agents of malariainstance ofParasites include single-celled protozoans0.80text
sleeping sicknessinstance ofParasites include single-celled protozoans0.80text
and amoebic dysenteryinstance ofParasites include single-celled protozoans0.80text
roundwormsinstance ofshading into being saprophytic.Human knowledge of parasites0.80text
tapeworms dates back to ancient Egyptinstance ofshading into being saprophytic.Human knowledge of parasites0.80text
Greeceinstance ofshading into being saprophytic.Human knowledge of parasites0.80text
and Romeinstance ofshading into being saprophytic.Human knowledge of parasites0.80text
scale insectsinstance ofPlant-eating insects0.80text
aphidsinstance ofPlant-eating insects0.80text
and caterpillars closely resemble ectoparasitesinstance ofPlant-eating insects0.80text

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