Lecture 13: CoEvolution

Question 1

Define ‘symbiosis’.

Answer 1

Living together, an ecological coupling of two or more species in a co-evolutionary relationship.

Question 2

Define ‘mutualism’.

Answer 2

An evolutionary relationship between species where both benefit.

Question 3

Define ‘commensalism’.

Answer 3

One species benefits and the other is not affected.

Question 4

Define ‘Mullerian mimicry’.

Answer 4

Different harmful species show the same physical warnings as eachother.

Question 5

Define ‘Batesian mimicry’.

Answer 5

Harmless species mimic warning colours of a harmful species.

Question 6

Define ‘Mertensian mimicry’.

Answer 6

Harmful species copies an aposematic trait of a less dangerous organism.