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To: bobdsmith
"A bacterial colony with no resistance can evolve into a bacterial colony with resitance. That is "arrival of the fittest" rather than "survival of the fittest"

If this were true, the experiment would have lasted 1 generation, eh? Some had resistance or else they would not have survived to produce offspring. Duh.

210 posted on 08/05/2005 12:18:45 PM PDT by jimmyray
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To: jimmyray
If this were true, the experiment would have lasted 1 generation, eh? Some had resistance or else they would not have survived to produce offspring. Duh.

One bacteria without resistance is put in an algae dish.

That one bacteria reproduces into a colony of lots of bacteria.

Some of those bacteria have resistance. When the anti-biotic is applied the resistant bacteria will survive.

Where did resistance come from if the original bacteria was non-resistant? Mutation

224 posted on 08/05/2005 12:29:12 PM PDT by bobdsmith
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