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"Any Close Species Relationship Is Parasitic"

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Assuming any close, sustained relationship between two species must be parasitic overstates a real pattern — symbiosis, per Bio 3595, includes mutualism and commensalism as equally valid, non-parasitic outcomes.

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A pollinator and the flowering plant it visits both benefit, fitting mutualism rather than parasitism.

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This entry states the popular assumption — Bio 3601 gives the test the assumption overlooks.