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A population growing in a habitat with limited resources shows four phases of growth in the following sequence-
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Options:
  • A Acceleration - Deceleration-Lag phase - Asymptote
  • B Asymptote - Acceleration - Deceleration - Lag phase
  • C Lag phase - Acceleration - Deceleration - Asymptote
  • D Acceleration - Lag phase - Deceleration - Asymptote
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The correct answer is: Lag phase - Acceleration - Deceleration - Asymptote
A population growing in a habitat with limited resources shows initially a lag phase, followed by phases of acceleration and deceleration and finally an asymptote when the population density reaches carrying capacity.

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