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HereSince1628

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5. Parasites in general, but more like proteolean parasitoids

Reply to Demeter (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 4, 2013, 09:10 AM

Nov 2013

Organisms that develop inside their host and depart to complete the life-cycle by laying more eggs elsewhere, often killing it.

An interesting things about the population dynamics of such things is that they are typically unstable typified by populations that flush and then crash. I can only wonder if there will be a parallel between the economic and parasite dynamics.

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