Mutations may produce two different types of parasitic sequences, however, which may destroy replicator coexistence: shortcut and selfish parasites [ 20].
Wherever there is cooperation, there will be parasites, and evolution of selfish cooperatives would inevitably spawn various types of parasitic genetic elements, the progenitors of modern selfish genetic elements and viruses[ 95, 96].
Since the early 1990's, a type of parasitic insect, a small aphid called the woolly adelgid (pronounced uh-DEL-jid) has been eating its way through the hemlocks at the preserve, systematically destroying the trees, and forever changing the character of the historic forest.
The Anoplura (sucking lice) and the Siphonaptera (fleas) have become so specialized for this type of parasitic existence that their relationships to other insects are not yet known with certainty.
Comparing with the former 0-DoS case, the presence of one symmetrical plane leads to better performance due to eliminating one type of parasitic motion.
In the early 19th century the zoologist Georges Cuvier discovered strange foreign objects in female argonaut octopuses and thought they must be a type of parasitic worm.
In the lake, however, there is the risk of bilharzia, an infection by a type of parasitic worm, so travellers who choose to swim or dive there often stock up on the treatment, Praziquantel tablets.
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by Plasmodium, a type of parasitic protozoan.
When it comes to allergens and parasitic worms [helminths – the types of parasites that induce type 2 immunity, which contributes to allergic responses], we don't really understand immunogenicity.
These types of dioeciously parasitic plants are normally growing on the roots of the evergreen broadleaf trees, especially in the family of Leguminosae, Ericaceae, Urticaceae, and Fagaceae [1, 3 5].
He instantly registers as both a type, the sort of parasitic poor relation common to 19th-century European fiction, and a disturbingly real individual.
