ABSTRACT The role of close inter-species relationships has become clearer in contemporary biology than ever before, not least the importance of mutually beneficial interactions (mutualism). This paper surveys this area of science, presenting it for a non-specialist readership, as part of a journal edition assembling theological engagements with biological mutualism, as a provocation to interdisciplinary research between the natural sciences and the arts and humanities, is a description of the extent and significance of mutualism in relation to ecology, evolution, and human health, along with a discussion of the history of writing on the theme, and a glossary.

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生物互惠主义：科学考察

摘要在现代生物学中，亲密种间关系的作用比以往任何时候都更加清楚，尤其是互惠互利（互惠）的重要性。本文对这一科学领域进行了调查，并将其提供给非专业读者，作为期刊版的一部分，将神学与生物共生联系起来，以激发自然科学与人文科学之间的跨学科研究。与生态，进化和人类健康有关的互惠主义的程度和重要性，以及对该主题的写作历史的讨论和词汇表。