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February 13, 2013

Pirate-like flies connect symbiosis to diversity
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Feb 13, 2013
After a year of studying up close the symbiotic relationship between a mosquito-sized bug and a fungus, a Simon Fraser University biologist has advanced the scientific understanding of biological diversity. Jeffrey Joy has discovered that symbiosis - a relationship between two or more organisms that can be parasitic or mutualistic - is as much the mother of biological diversity as predation and competition. The Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B journal has just published th ... read more

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