The interaction between the ants and their fungus crop, and the ants and the bacteria is known as a mutualistic relationship. ❋ Unknown (2008)
(When a symbiotic relationship is good for the host, it is "mutualistic" and if it's bad for the host, then it deserves the label "parasitic".) ❋ Unknown (2009)
"mutualistic," a huge cooperative, a mediate form between individualism and collectivism. ❋ Theodor Herzl (1882)
Golf courses and geese are a twisted mutualistic sort of deal. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Commuter drafting: sensible, mutualistic effort-pooling or presumptious and potentially intimidating? ❋ Unknown (2011)
There are many types of symbiotic relationships, not all of them mutualistic. ❋ Unknown (2008)
There are too many social implications to a human-animal mutualistic relationship. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Microbe – plant interactions can be competitive for nutrients and also mutualistic through mycorrhizal associations. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The plant – microbe interaction may also be mutualistic through the mycorrhiza by which the fungal partner supplies nutrients to the plant in exchange for C supplied by the plant. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Once Americans can institutionalize a system that serves "We the people", and not "We the owners of capital", they can begin to achieve the constitutionally-inspired mutualistic and participatory society of many American progressive visionaries that include Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr, sought to inspire. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The individualistic responses of the species [23] will depend upon the dynamics of the species populations, the competitive or mutualistic interactions between species, and the biochemical and physiological responses of the individuals. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Endozoochory is generally a coevolved mutualistic relationship in which a plant surrounds seeds with an edible, nutritious fruit as a reward to frugivorous animals that consume it. ❋ Wikipedia (2009)
Evolution, unlike a designer, never stops to consider whether there might be a better way – a mutualistic way – for all concerned, rather than bilateral escalation for a selfish advantage: an advantage that is neutralized precisely because the escalation is mutual. ❋ RICHARD DAWKINS (2009)
Rare, distinctive plants include the drought-adapted epiphyte Discidia major, which grows in mutualistic symbiosis with ants that live inside specially modified leaves, and Phoenix acaulis, a small, fire-adapted palm. ❋ Unknown (2008)
They compete, prey upon each other, coexist without interacting, and engage in mutualistic interactions. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Although all species involved in a mutualistic relationship contribute to the partnership, we still expect each species to be "selfish" and to evolve traits that provide the maximum possible fitness benefit while minimizing cost. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Many mutualisms involve species living closely together (symbiosis); a species may be so dependent that it cannot live without its mutualistic partner (obligate mutualism). ❋ Unknown (2008)
On the other hand, co-evolution can be a mutualistic relationship, often characterized by the ants and an acacia tree of South America. ❋ Unknown (2008)
