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GK QUESTION#3616

Identify the life forms that rely on a host organism for their nutritional requirements (Parasitism):

I. Cuscuta

II. Ticks

  1. AOnly I
  2. BOnly II
  3. CI and II bothCorrect answer
  4. DNone of the above
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C. I and II both

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Both are parasites. Cuscuta obtains resources from a living host plant through haustoria; ticks feed on vertebrate hosts. Their hosts supply nutritional resources.

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