[leps-talk] MALE x FEMALE emergence

[Hank Brodkin]

Nigel -
Well put!

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Hank Brodkin
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Nigel Venters" <nigelventers at ntlworld.com>
To: "Hank Brodkin" <hbrodkin at earthlink.net>; <rjparcelles at yahoo.com>; "Anne
Kilmer" <viceroy at GATE.NET>; <drdn at mail.utexas.edu>
Cc: <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 5:34 AM
Subject: Re: [leps-talk] MALE x FEMALE emergence


> Hank et al-
> Good point...I looked up Symbiosis in my 1989 "London Universal
Dictionary"
> and it gave me..."A relationship between two or more different organisms
in
> close association"...it then goes on to muddy the water by
> stating......."Especially one that is of benefit to all the organisms
> involved"
>
> So the process (Symbiosis..as I understand it) is that either one or both
> organisms may benefit....but there is
> a line drawn when the relationship is to the detriment of one of the
species
> involved...then you have parasitism.
>
> I agree that parasites do not usually kill their host...but they often
> weaken it so it becomes more vulnerable to predation. Malaria is a
> parasite...and often kills people...O.e. is a parasite...and often kills
> Monarchs...or weakens them so much that they become ineffective breeding
> stock...so in effect parasites also restrict species reproduction.......so
> the relationship is to the detriment of one of the species involved..as
does
> the certain death though Parasitoids.
>
> So I suppose there is also a line to be drawn between
> disease...Virus/Bacteria...and disease...Parasite...(Protozoan) What do
you
> think? I think we can safely draw the line between all these and
> Parasitoids!
>
> regards
> Nigel
>
>
>


 
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