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Parasitism - Coggle Diagram
Parasitism
Brood parasitism
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Parasitic bird have evolved to resemble the host’s egg in
size and Colour to reduce the chances of the host bird detecting the foreign eggs and ejecting them from the nest
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Endoparasite
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Their morphological and anatomical feature are greatly simplified while emphasising their reproductive potential
Eg Human Liverfluke, Malarial Parasite
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Ectoparasite
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Eg: Lice on humans, ticks on dogs, cuscuta, Leech, Copepods on marine fish etc.
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Parasitism is a relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or in another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.
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