BIOL 123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Cowbird, Brood Parasite, Commensalism
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Transportation: some kind of movement of gametes. Protection mutualism: one will protect the other. Other will give some nutrient exchange as well. Poop out sugar, so ants can eat it. Ants protect aphids from being eaten, for their food source. Mutualisms are interactions between 2 or more species where each species benefits. Commensalisms: interactions were one species benefits, while the others isn"t affected at all. Symbiosis: long-term, intimate association between 2 species. Transportation mutualisms: interactions where one member of the mutualism has gametes or individuals transported by other mutualist. Some species attack or remove competitors or predators that impinge on another species. Ex: plants, aka legumes, and bacteria in the bacteria rhizobium. Bacteria live in the soil, and through biochemical manipulation, make legumes produce nodules so bacteria and live, where they protect and carbohydrate. In return, the bacteria take nitrogen and convert to ammonia, which the plant uses as a source. Transfer of invidiauls or gametes for muralism.
