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coevolutionEvolution of those structures and behaviours within a species that can best be understood in relation to another species. For example, some insects and flowering plants have evolved together: insects have produced mouthparts suitable for collecting pollen or drinking nectar, and plants have developed chemicals and flowers that will attract insects to them. Parasites often evolve and speciate with their hosts. Coevolution occurs because both groups of organisms, over millions of years, benefit from a continuing association (symbiosis) and will evolve structures and behaviours that maintain this association. |
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The lack of detectable disease and limited histopathologic lesions in these animals contrast dramatically with the severe disease and histopathologic findings observed in other laboratory rodents and humans, and support their role as reservoir hosts with a long-term coevolutionary relationship to VEEV. Development betrayed: The end of progress and a coevolutionary revisioning of the future. If the goal is optimization of a mutualistic relationship between human society and natural systems, it is essential to begin discussions on just how this coevolutionary relationship will work. |
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