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need help with these essay questions: 2.What role plays the tradeoff between con

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Question

need help with these essay questions:

2.What role plays the tradeoff between consumption and virulence in the evolution of parasitic castrators?

3 Is castration and adaptive response of the parasite or the host (please, explain)?

5. What are the evolutionary consequences for parasitic castrators in terms of resource (host) monopolization / intraspecific competition for host individuals and resource (host) availability?

the link to the paper, please only use this paper to answer the q's outside info will not be given credit:

https://bb.clemson.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-2390923-dt-content-rid-22022896_2/courses/jbaezam-BIOL-3020/LaffertyKuris%28TrendsParasitlogy2009%29.pdf

Explanation / Answer

A) For castrating parasites, the trade-off model has been modified to incorporate the parasite's capacity to convert host reproductive resources into transmission stages [ 11