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Chapter 55.4, Problem 1R
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The reason due to which the interaction between the plant’s species and insect pollinators and animal has evolved to be an obligate mutualistic relationship.
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The mutualistic interactions between the flowering plants that cannot move and the mobile animal species help in pollinating flowers and also in the dispersal of their offspring. The interactions can either be highly specialized or very general and facultative.
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