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Assertion : The epiphytes use the trees only for attachment and manufacture their own food by photosynthesis.
Reason : Commensalism results in negative effects on the growth and survival of one or both of the populations.

A

If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explantion of assertion

B

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explnantion of assertion.

C

If assertion is true but reason is false.

D

If both assertion and reason are false.

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C
Epiphytes which grow on the branches and in the forks of some trees, cite an example of commensalism. Commensalism is a type of positive interaction in which, two organisms (of different species) live together without any physiological dependence between them, and one gets the benefit from the association while the other is neither benefitted nor harmed.
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