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To: reasonisfaith

In this circumstance the non-mutated bacteria are not resistant to anti-biotics and they’re dead.


179 posted on 12/19/2016 10:42:25 AM PST by MeganC (Hate crime: The heinous act of disagreeing with a liberal.)
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To: MeganC

What we have is a broader, general advantage (normal reproduction) being exchanged for a narrower, specific advantage (antibiotic resistance).

Wild type => normal reproduction

mutated (antibacterial resistant) => slowed reproduction


183 posted on 12/19/2016 11:58:12 AM PST by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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