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Exponential Population Growth
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Exponential growth occurs when a population's per capita growth rate stays constant regardless of population size, producing accelerating growth that traces a J-shaped curve over time.
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A bacterial population dividing at a fixed rate in unlimited nutrient media doubles again and again, producing a J-shaped growth curve.
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Exponential growth requires effectively unlimited resources — no real population sustains it indefinitely.