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Logistic growth plotted against time produces which shape of curve?
AA sigmoid curve
BA serrated curve
CA straight curve
DA slanted curve
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. A sigmoid curve
1. No population in nature has unlimited resources.
2. Growth therefore slows as the population becomes large.
3. A plot of N in relation to time results in a sigmoid curve.
4. So the answer is a sigmoid curve.
_Source: NCERT Class XII Biology, Ch 11 'Organisms and Populations'_
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