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Biology Question on organisms and populations

If in a relationship, both the partners are benefitted, the relationship is termed as

A

commensalism

B

predation

C

mutualism

D

amensalism

Answer

mutualism

Explanation

Solution

Mutualism or symbiosis is the interaction in which growth and survival of both populations is benefitted and neither can survive under natural conditions without the other e.g., lichen is the symbiotic association of algae and fungi. mycorrhiza is mutualistic interaction between fungus and roots of Pinus.