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Question : What is co-extinction ? Explain with a suitable example. |
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Answer» Solution :When a SPECIES becomes extinct, the plant and ANIMAL species ASSOCIATED with it in an obligatory way also become extinct. When a host fish species becomes extinct, its unique assemblage of parasites also meets the same fate. Another example is the case of a coevolved plant pollinator MUTUALISM where extinction of one invariably leads to the extinction of the other. |
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