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Question
Answer the following question.
What is "population" according to you as a biology student?
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Solution
The term 'Population' refers to the group of individuals of a species living together in a group in a well-defined geographical area, sharing or competing for resources and potentially interbreeding. Although the term interbreeding implies sexual reproduction, a group of individuals resulting from even asexual reproduction is also considered a population.
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