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SYMBIOSIS is the word used by biologists to describe the state of affairs in which two or more different kinds of organisms are closely, and in some cases inseparably, associated for the greater part of their lives in a partnership from which both, in some degree, probably draw benefit. Within the last few years, many unsuspected interdependences have been revealed, and a vast field has been opened up for further research.
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MACKINNON, D. Life's Unsuspected Partnerships1. Nature 122, 60–64 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122060a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/122060a0