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Lecture 33 (MT4)
Parasitism, mutualism, misc. species interactions
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
05/07/2013

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Term
In a parasitism, one species ___ and the other ___.
Definition

benefits

 

loses

Term
In a mutualism, both species ___.
Definition
benefit
Term
In a commensalism, one species ___, while the other ___. An example of this seen is when mites or ___ attach to dung beetles to be carried to ___. Another example is when African buffalo stir up instects for cattle ___ to eat.
Definition

benefits

 

does not benefit or lose

 

nematodes

 

dung patches

 

egrets

Term
Some interspecies interactions are not clear cut. For example, anemones shield clown fish (A. ocellaris) from ___, but it has not been determined how the anemones benefit.
Definition
predators
Term

Parasites can be categorized by ___ or ___.

 

Microparasites are small and have ___ generation times. Many are pathogens and conitinually infect new hosts. Examples of these are viruses, bacteria, protozoa, etc.

 

Macroparasites are larger and have longer generation times. They typically complete their life cycle in ___. Examples of these are flatworms, roundworms, flukes, etc.

Definition

size

 

habitat

 

shorter

 

multiple organisms

Term

Parasites can be defined by ___ or ___.

 

Ectoparasites live ___ their host. Examples of these are leeches, lice, ticks and mosquitos.

 

Endoparasites live ___ their host. Examples of these are roundworms, flukes, etc. 

Definition

size

 

habitat

 

outside

 

within

Term
Influenza, smallpox and STD's are all similar in that ___.
Definition
they are directly transferred from host to host without an intermediate one
Term
Lyme disease, malaria, yellow fever and schistosomiasis are all similar in that they ___.
Definition
require an intermediate host
Term
Ticks are ___ (ecto-/endoparasites) and are ___ (micro-/macroparasites), because they require multiple hosts. I. scapularis (AKA ___ tick) transmit the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi (a ___ bacterium which causes ___ disease). The tick must take a ___ to move onto its next life cycle. The mouse is their preferred first two hosts, while the dear is their preferred definitive host.
Definition

ectoparasites

 

macroparasites

 

blacklegged

 

spirochete

 

Lyme

 

blood feeding

Term
A protist is a eukaryote which is neither a ___, ___ or ___. A protozoan is a ___ protist.
Definition

plant

 

animal

 

fungus

 

unicellular

Term
Malaria is produced by the protozoan (unicellular protist) parasite ___. It is transmitted through mosquitos (genus  Anopheles). Because they infect the host internally and require multiple hosts they are ___, ___ parasites.
Definition

plasmodium


endoparasitic

 

marcoparasitic

Term
The ___ host is the host species in which the parasite becomes ___ and reaches ___.
Definition

definitive

 

an adult

 

maturity

Term
The ___ phylum (Platyhelminthes) are made up of planaria (free living), tapeworms (parasitic) and liverfluke (AKA ___) (parasitic).
Definition

flatworm

 

trematodes

 

Term
Tapeworm are a class of the ___ (Platyhelminthes) phylum. They have hooks and suckers as well as proglottids containing mature male and female ___. Their intermediate hosts include ___ and ___ and their definitive hosts are ___.
Definition

flatworm

 

reproductive organs

 

pig

 

cattle

 

humans

Term
Trematodes (AKA ___) are a class under the ___ (Platyhelminthes) phylum. Their intermediate hosts include snails and fish and their definitive hosts are ___ and ___.
Definition

flukes

 

flatworm

 

humans

 

birds

Term
Many parasites lack a functioning ___ system, but have abundant ___ systems.
Definition

digestive

 

reproductive

Term
Many hosts actively work to rid themselves of ectoparasites. Japanese macaques form social bonds to help groom ___ eggs from each other. Some biologists believe human ___lessness, ___ posture and ___ thumbs were evolutionary responses to ectoparasites.
Definition

louse

 

hair(lessness)

 

bipedal

 

oposable

Term
Infection can alter the behavior of hosts. Rabbits infected with tulameria are ___. Killifish infected with trematodes exhibit ___ swimming which attracts birds (the fluke's definitive host).
Definition

sluggish

 

jerking

Term
An ammensalism is an interspecies interaction when one species ___ and the other ___. An example of this is an elephant stomping through a forest or when some female flowers emit pheromones that attract male wasps.
Definition

does not benefit

 

does not benefit or lose

Term
Some mutalistic plant-pollinator relationships are highly specific. ___ plants are pollinated ONLY by ___ moths, whose larvae feed on the seed.
Definition

Yucca

 

yucca

Term
Some mutualistic relationships are extremely specific. For example, some ants build nests in the base of the tropical ___ trees. The trees produce ___ and ___ for the ants, while the ants ___ the tree.
Definition

Acacia



nectar

 

protein

 

protect

Term
The southern pine bark beetle forms a mutualism with a fungi which kills ___ trees. The beetles spread the fungi, while the fungi allows the beetle to digest ___ and plant proteins.
Definition

pine

 

cellulose

Term
There are many examples of cleaning mutualisms in nature. Bluehead wrasse (a fish) clean the teeth of the moray ___ (Muraenidae). The red-billed oxpecker of Africa feeds on ticks and other parasites in the skin of large mammals such as ___.
Definition

eel

 

impala

Term
Some symbiotic relationships are so old that it is difficult to identify the two organisms. An example of this is the relationship between coral and ___. The coral only gains about 10% of its energy from feeding on plankton; the remaining 90% comes from the algae.
Definition
photosynthetic algae
Term
The head region of the obligate parasite tapeworm is called a ___.
Definition
scollex
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