Organisms with this role may perform "fecundity compensation" by having more offspring if future reproduction becomes uncertain. Repeated predation of a relatively high trophic organism with this role is required for "upward incorporation" to occur. In a common life history strategy, organisms with this role are castrated and become part of the castrator's extended phenotype. Multiple organisms with this role are connected, usually through (*) trophic transmission, in a “complex lifecycle.” Organisms with this role are classified as "intermediate" or "definitive" depending on whether they permit asexual or sexual reproduction. Organisms with this role are targeted (emphasize) by "behavior-alteration" in a strategy exemplified by Toxoplasma gondii. Female Anopheles mosquitoes and humans act as this role for Plasmodium. For 10 points, give this term for organisms infected by parasites ■END■
ANSWER: hosts [accept parasite hosts or answers referring to the host of a parasite, but reject “parasites” alone]
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