Abstract
I formulate in relational terms the ubiquitous biological interaction of symbiosis. I explicate the topology of the different modes of relational interactions of (M, R)-networks, the entailment diagrams that model the host and the symbiont. These modes all have biological realizations as various categories of symbiotic relationships, ranging from mutualism to parasitism to infection.
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Louie, A.H. Relational Biology of Symbiosis. Axiomathes 20, 495–509 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10516-010-9117-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10516-010-9117-9