What is the effect of a parasite on the host?

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(D) Parasitism is a type of population interaction where one organism (the parasite) benefits while the other (the host) is harmed. Parasites reduce t

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(D) Parasitism is a type of population interaction where one organism (the parasite) benefits while the other (the host) is harmed. Parasites reduce the survival,growth,and reproduction of the host. They also make the host physically weak by deriving nutrition from them,thereby increasing their susceptibility to predation and other diseases. Therefore,all the given options are correct effects of parasitism on the host.

Species $A$	Species $B$	Type of Interaction	Example
$+$	$-$	$(a)$	$(b)$
$+$	$+$	$(c)$	$(d)$
$+$	$(e)$	Commensalism	$(f)$

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Species $A$ Species $B$ Type of Interaction Example

$+$ $-$ $(a)$ $(b)$

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$+$ $(e)$ Commensalism $(f)$

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