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Why is it logical to see that “parasitic” genomes tend to be much smaller than similar free-living organisms?

Why is it logical to see that “parasitic” genomes tend to be much smaller than similar free-living organisms?
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Why is it logical to see that “parasitic” genomes tend to be much smaller than similar free-living organisms?

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It’s logical because their small size contributes to the efficiency of their inhabitation of another organism.
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