To: Behemoth the Cat
Please present a plausible mechanism of achieving drug resistance by microorganisms within the creationist dogma. That's called microevolution. In fact, microbes are designed specifically for that purpose. The genes that control surface protein expression and metabolism are separate from the main DNA of the organism, in little rings called plasmids. These mutate very rapidly in a controlled manner to change up the properties of the cell, in a manner similar to how the human immune system works. Quite to the contrary, bacteria use a wide variety of methods try to defend their chromosomal DNA from mutation and repair damage that occurs. Oh wait, I thought evos were the ones who were supposed to know about biology, and we were supposed to be a bunch of ignorant fools?
To: OldGuard1
Viruses do not have plasmids. How do they achieve resistance?
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