Assertion: Co-extinction is also one of the major causes of biodiversity loss.
Reason: When a species become extinct, the plant and animal species, associated with it in facultative way also become extinct.
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Co-extinction is one of the four major causes of biodiversity loss, also known as the "Evil Quartet. Coextinctions means, when a species becomes extinct, the plant and animal species associated with it in an obligatory way also become extinct. When a host fish species becomes extinct, its unique assemblage of parasites also meets the same fate.
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