Endosymbiotic relationships -- in which one organism lives within another -- are striking examples of mutualism, and can often significantly shape the biology of the participant species. In new ...

Heteroatom tin compounds (SSn, OSn, NSn, PSn) composed of heteroatoms S, O, N, P and tin atoms have attracted intense attention due to their wide applications in organic synthesis and pharmaceutical ...

1. The Study of Mutualism / Judith L. Bronstein -- 2. The Special Case of Symbioses: Mutualisms with Persistent Contact / Angela E Douglas -- 3. Evolutionary Origins and Diversification of Mutualism / ...

Nature is full of surprises, but nothing is more mind-blowing than how some animals form life-saving partnerships to thrive together. This is called mutualism, and it's often anything but ordinary. In ...

The idea of mutualism, past and future / Douglas H. Boucher -- Symbiosis and mutualism : crisp concepts and soggy semantics / D.H. Lewis -- The natural history of mutualisms / D.H. Janzen -- Cost: ...

Ant-aphid mutualisms represent classic examples of interspecific cooperation, in which aphids excrete carbohydrate-rich honeydew that ants harvest in return for protection against predators, ...

Ant-plant mutualisms mediated by extrafloral nectar represent a cornerstone of terrestrial ecosystem function, linking plant defence to predatory insect behaviour. Plants bearing extrafloral nectaries ...

Scientists have long employed relatively simple guidelines to help explain the physical world, from Newton's second law of motion to the laws of thermodynamics. Biomedical engineers have used dynamic ...

Much of nature’s delicate balance is a case of give and take. UCCSbiology We now know that mountain treeshrews and summit rats feed on the nectar secreted by the giant pitcher plant – Nepenthes rajah ...

Reproduction for a female fig wasp can be a nightmarish process. When she is ready to lay her eggs, she leaves the fig in which she was born and became pregnant and searches for another. After she ...