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| If '+' sign is assigned to beneficial interaction, ' - ' sign to detrimental and '0' sign to neutral interaction, then the population interaction represented by '+' '-' refers to
A. Commensalism
B. Parasitism
C. Mutualism
D. Ammensalism
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Right Answer is: B
SOLUTION
Parasitism is a non-mutual relationship between species, where one species, the parasite, benefits at the expense of the other, the host.
So if '+" is assigned to beneficial interaction '-' sign to detrimental and '0" sign to neutral interaction, then the population interaction represented by "+". "-" refers to parasitism.