Types of Relationships Biology
Commensalism, in biology, a relationship between individuals of two species in which one species obtains food or other benefits from the other without either harming or benefiting the latter.
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Mutualism or interspecific cooperation is the way two organisms of different species exist in a relationship in which each individual benefits from the activity of the other. Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation.
Mutualism is a category of symbiosis where both partners of the relationship benefit. The two partners in a mutualistic relationship are evolved together. Since each partner is a component of the environment, the other partner makes use of it.
Parasitism, relationship between two species of plants or animals in which one benefits at the expense of the other, sometimes without killing the host organism.