Killer phenomenon

Japanese: キラー現象 - きらーげんしょう
Killer phenomenon

…The phenomenon in which an organism specifically kills other organisms of the same species was first discovered in Paramecium, and then in Pancoa. This is called the killer phenomenon, with the organism that kills called the killer and the organism that is killed called the sensitive. There are also organisms that do not kill but are not killed either, and are called neutral. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "killer phenomenon" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ある生物が同じ種の別の個体を特異的に殺す現象は,最初ゾウリムシで,その後パンコウボでも発見された。これをキラー現象といい,殺すほうをキラー,殺されるほうをセンシティブsensitiveと呼ぶ。殺しはしないが殺されもしない個体も存在しニュートラルneutralと呼ばれる。…

※「キラー現象」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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