Cattle egrets are seen moving around with cattle. egrets benefit from this association because they receive food in the form of insects that are flushed out by the grazing cattle. the cattle, on the other hand, are not benefitted or harmed by this association. which type of association is shown by the cattle egrets and cattle?
a. mutualism

b. commensalism

c. parasitism

The correct answer will be option- Commensalism

Explanation:

The organisms interact with the abiotic factors and the biotic factors in an ecosystem. The interaction with biotic factors includes interaction with other organisms which could be beneficial, harmful or neither harmful nor beneficial.

The interaction between the cattle egrets which eats the insects flushed by the cattle and the cattle in return are unaffected forms a type of interaction between them called commensalism. This interaction is called commensalism as it is the interaction between an organism in which one organism is benefitted while other is unaffected.

Thus, commensalism is the correct answer.

answer; i believe the answer is (polygenic inheritance;