Wisdom from the Wastelands 14: Aggregates
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Having another creature living on or inside your body is not a thought most would enjoy. Nor is the idea of having the same type of creature living inside a child and grandchild¸ joining generation after generation¸ until¸ over time¸ the two species gradually merge. But¸ this already happens. Humans and termites rely on intestinal bacteria to aid digestion¸ lichen are the synthesis of fungus and algae¸ and mycorrhizae are vital fungal symbionts in plant roots. Aggregates are composite creatures that result from the changes that develop from a host and a symbiont living as one. Rather than one individual host creature being infected by a single parasite¸ the aggregation process describes how two species merge over generations. Many aggregates do not survive the initial infection or bonding process¸ and it is only through large numbers of the host species and symbiont species combining that a new species eventually develops.
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