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Chapter 31, Problem 5TYU
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Introduction: Parasites are organisms that live on or in the host organism and obtain their food from or at the cost of their host. The life cycle varies from one parasitism to another parasitism. The involvement of hosts is one of the major adaptive advantages for a parasitic life cycle.
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