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So EK says something about a symbiotic relationship termed "enslavement." It is defined "where one species enslaves another."

Does anyone know of any of these? Not that slavery is cool or anything, but I would be interested to see what this looks like in the animal world.

Note that it is different from parasitism.
 
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Enslavement may be a bad way to phrase it; enslaving someone or thing tends to be detrimental to one and beneficial to the other (and if they aren't talking parasitism it wouldn't make sense). I think it may be referring to the level of dependence each one has on another.. ie fig trees and wasps or soybean and rhizobium bacteria.. for MCAT purposes you just need to know that a symbiotic relationship benefits both organisms (very basic concept)

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shamwowzer said:
Enslavement may be a bad way to phrase it; enslaving someone or thing tends to be detrimental to one and beneficial to the other (and if they aren't talking parasitism it wouldn't make sense). I think it may be referring to the level of dependence each one has on another.. ie fig trees and wasps or soybean and rhizobium bacteria.. for MCAT purposes you just need to know that a symbiotic relationship benefits both organisms (very basic concept)

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Symbiotic relationships do not always benefit both organisms. Symbiosis just means a close relationship between two organisms. Parasitism is an example of a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of the other. Commensalism is a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits, while the other organism is not harmed. Mutualism, which is what you are confusing with symbiosis, is a symbiotic relationship where both species benefit.
 
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MedPR said:
So EK says something about a symbiotic relationship termed "enslavement." It is defined "where one species enslaves another."

Does anyone know of any of these? Not that slavery is cool or anything, but I would be interested to see what this looks like in the animal world.

Note that it is different from parasitism.
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Where is this from? Often times, if it's a multiple choice asking you to choose between parisitism, commencialism, and mutualism, they'll just make up a random 4th answer (enslavement in this case). Is that what happened here?
 
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ljc said:
Where is this from? Often times, if it's a multiple choice asking you to choose between parisitism, commencialism, and mutualism, they'll just make up a random 4th answer (enslavement in this case). Is that what happened here?
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Nope. It's explicitly stated in the text.

A symbiosis is a relationship between two species. The relationship can be beneficial for both, called mutualism; beneficial for one and not affect the other, called commensalism; beneficial for one and detrimental to the other, called parasitism. There is even a symbiosis called enslavement where one species enslaves another.
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Very top of page 179 if you have an EK bio book.
 
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ljc said:
Oh. I even read that but must have been zoned out. Sounds cool.
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Yea definitely! I couldn't think of anything off the top of my head. A quick google search didn't yield anything either.
 
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