The interesting thing here is it is not an algae-slug symbiosis, it is an algae-chloroplast symbiosis.
--Avery
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 5:28 AM, Matthias Bock <matthias.bock@hu-berlin.de> wrote:
A predator/prey relationship is costly for both sides.
Therefore evolution will favor individuals,
successfully estabilishing a mutualistic trade agreement
of which both sides gain maximum profit.
It is difficult though and takes some generations ...
Am Samstag, den 12.05.2012, 09:28 +0100 schrieb Cathal Garvey:
> Evolution is constantly in motion. If they have a purely predator/prey
> relationship, the algae may well have evolved many defenses over
> the ages, only for the slug to adapt to them again.
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