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प्रश्न
Describe mutualism.
उत्तर
- This interaction is obligatory and interdependent.
- It benefits both the species.
- Lichens represent an intimate, mutualistic relationship between a fungus and photosynthetic algae, or cyanobacteria.
- The most spectacular and evolutionarily fascinating examples of mutualism are found in plant-animal relationships.
- Plants need the help of animals for pollinating their flowers and dispersing their seeds.
- Animals obviously have to be rewarded in the form of pollen and nectar for pollinators and juicy and nutritious fruits for seed dispersers.
- Co-evolution of mutualists.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Explain mutualism with the help of any two examples.
Select the statement which explains the best parasitism.
______ is the adaptation of an organism i which it matches its colour with its surroundings to get protected from predators.
Match the Columns.
| Column A | Column B | ||
| i. | Lice on humans | a. | Endoparasites |
| ii. | Ectoparasites on marine fishes | b. | Grows on hedge plants |
| iii. | Cuscuta | c. | Ectoparasites |
| iv. | Plasmodium and humans | d. | Copepods |
Which one of the following is NOT an example of mutualism?
______ in birds is an interesting example of parasitism in which the parasitic bird lays its eggs in the nest of its host and the host incubates them.
Amensalism can be represented as ______
What is commensalism?
Write the observations made at the end of Connell's field, experiment on barnacles on the rocky sea coasts of Scotland.
The value of 'Z' (regression coefficient) lies in the range of ______ regardless of the taxonomic group or the region.
