Obligate parasite

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An obligate parasite is an organism that cannot live independently of its host. For example, a virus is an obligate parasite because it cannot reproduce outside a host cell.

[edit] References

• Morand. Serge et al. (July 1996) "Body size evolution of oxyurid (Nematoda) parasites: the role of hosts" Oecologia 107(2): pp. 274-282;
• Lenoir, A. et al. (2001) "Chemical ecology and social parasitism in ants" Annual Review of Entomology 46: pp. 573-599;
• Trontti, Kalevi; Aron, Serge; and Sundström, Liselotte (April 2006) "The genetic population structure of the ant Plagiolepis xene - implications for genetic vulnerability of obligate social parasites" Conservation Genetics" 7(2): pp. 241-250;

[edit] See also

• Parasitism
• Parasitic plant