mutualism
/ˈmjuːtʃʊəlɪz(ə)m
/noun [mass noun]
1The doctrine that mutual dependence is necessary to social well-being.Israeli credit cooperatives are a likely population to generate ideological mutualism for the coops....
- Clearly fraternal mutualism was effective for meeting some of the economic needs for many non-whites and poorer members of American society.
- It is significant that immigrants invariably chose Irish Catholic friends to act as sponsors where immediate relatives were unavailable, thereby placing these fictive ties on the same level as familial mutualism.
2 Biology Symbiosis which is beneficial to both organisms involved.There are numerous other examples of symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism and parasitism between ray-finned fishes and other groups....
- One of the best-known forms of mutualism involves insects that pollinate a host plant, then deposit offspring that will ultimately consume many of the seeds.
- The presence of a commensal parasite that can display mutualism within a clade of known pathogens suggests dynamic evolutionary interactions.
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- That individual directors instigated or were party to the merger brings into question whether they at any stage properly understood mutualism or were genuinely committed to mutualist principles.
- Finally, there are costs associated with the loss of evolutionary flexibility, particularly in organisms or lineages obligately dependent upon mutualists.
- Which factors favor the evolution of mutualists?
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- In the ocean, both coral and deep-sea vent communities are rich with mutualisms; coral itself is the product of a mutualistic symbiosis.
- While there may be many mutualistic relationships between plants and animals, often plants are more the victims rather than the beneficiaries of the relationship.
- Additionally, many of the collaborations were mutualistic, and therefore the continuation of the innovation was of benefit to many.
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- Like mycorrhizae, endophytic fungi are thought to interact mutualistically with their host plants mainly by increasing host resistance to herbivores and have been termed ‘acquired plant defenses’.
- The majority of viruses, however, live symbiotically or mutualistically with their hosts, causing no harm.
- Have a great productive life plan; think outside of the box; do something great for Earth's environment; dwell bioethically and mutualistically within human diversity and in the rest of biodiversity.