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Describe the mutual relationship between fig tree and wasp and comment on the phenomenon that operates in their relationship.

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Fig plants share a strict one-to-one relationship with the wasp species. Here, the fig species can be pollinated only by partner wasp species and no other species, the female wasp user the fruit, as a site oviposition and nourishing the larval. The wasp pollinates the fig inflorescance while seaching for suitable egg-laying rites. This is an example of mutualism.
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