Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
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Chapter 45, Problem 2SQ
Which cannot be a symbiosis?
- a. mutualism
- b.
parasitism - c. commensalism
- d. interspecific competition
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Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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