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How Does the Relationship Between Bird Host Size and Louse

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How does the relationship between bird host size and louse parasite affect the cospeciation dynamic between the two species? How does the relationship between bird host size and louse parasite affect the cospeciation dynamic between the two species?


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Conjugal Gene Transfer

A process in bacteria where genetic material is transferred between bacterial cells through direct contact.

Binary Fission

A method of asexual reproduction seen in prokaryotic organisms and some single-celled eukaryotes, where a cell divides into two genetically identical daughter cells.

Conjugation

(1) A sexual process in ciliate protists that involves exchange of haploid nuclei with another cell. (2) A mechanism for DNA exchange in bacteria that involves cell-to-cell contact.

Pathogenic

Capable of causing disease; refers to microorganisms or agents that can produce an illness when they invade a host organism.

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