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NEET 2016
Exam
NEET
Year
2016
Subject
Zoology
Chapter
Organisms and Populations

NEET 2016 · Zoology · Organisms and Populations

If ' + ' sign is assigned to beneficial interaction, ' – ' sign to...

If ' ++ ' sign is assigned to beneficial interaction, ' –– ' sign to detrimental and ' 00 ' sign to neutral interaction, then the population interaction represented by '+' '-' refers to

Options

  1. AMutualism
  2. BAmensalism
  3. CCommensalism
  4. DParasitism

Correct answer

D. Parasitism

Step-by-step solution

Name of interaction Species A Species B
Mutualism + +
Protocooperation + +
Amensalism - 0
Commensalism + 0
Competition - -
Parasitism + -
Predation + -

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