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Chapter 55, Problem 4A
a. the presence of parasitism doesn’t lead to selection for defensive adaptations in parasitized species.
b. parasites and the species they parasitize never engage in an evolutionary “arms race.”
c. parasites don’t have strong effects on the populations of the species they parasitize.
d. None of the choices is correct.
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