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Coevolution Definition:

  • Evolution of two interacting organisms such that they optimize their survival with one another; that is, they develop reciprocal adaptations.

    Prescott's Microbiology 9th Edition by Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood, Christopher J. Woolverton



Coevolution Notes:

Coevolution is the process in which two or more species are evolved in tandem by the application of selection pressures on each other. Host and parasites, symbiotic and mutualistic interactions, and predators and prey are some of the examples of co-evolutionary systems

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