mutualism

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(thing) by BioTech (6.5 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) Mon Aug 12 2002 at 15:35:15

A type of symbiosis where two (or more) organisms from different species live in close proximity to one another and rely on one another for nutrients, protection, or other life functions. Both (or all) of the organisms involved benefit from the relationship.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:21:07

Mu"tu*al*ism (?), n. Ethics

The doctrine of mutual dependence as the condition of individual and social welfare.

F. Harrison. H. Spencer. Mallock.

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Mutualist	symbiotic relationship	Commensalism	Parasitism
Why does Pierre-Joseph Proudhon drink only herbal tea?	Acacia-Ant Mutualism	Adiabatic	symphile
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon	symbiosis	symbiotic	social contract
decentralized democracy	complete protein	irrational number	French Revolutionary Calendar
Tom Robbins	biotech	Michael Bakunin	mitochondria
Descartes' argument for Dualism	adjunct

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