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Example sentences for: parasite

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I see no reason to accept one of these cases, a pair of sister species of “parasites” (fig wasps) on the same host species, since allopatric speciation of a widespread parasite need not be accompanied by speciation of its host.
The parasite community was dominated by parasites with indirect life cycles.
Initial attachment of the merozoite is followed by reorientation of the parasite cell with its apical part toward the erythrocyte membrane followed by invagination of the membrane.
Interestingly the presumed resident tigers had significantly lower parasite loads than the presumed non-resident ones (Median test X 2= 7.4, p < 0.01).
The consistency of this pattern in the three unrelated situations is curious but as yet we do not know the factors that make the parasite variance scale with the square of the mean.