The Restriction Enzymes of Bacteria Protect the Bacteria from Successful

question 23

Multiple Choice

The restriction enzymes of bacteria protect the bacteria from successful attack by bacteriophages,whose genomes can be degraded by the restriction enzymes.The bacterial genomes are not vulnerable to these restriction enzymes because bacterial DNA is methylated.This situation selects for bacteriophages whose genomes are also methylated.As new strains of resistant bacteriophages become more prevalent,this in turn selects for bacteria whose genomes are not methylated and whose restriction enzymes instead degrade methylated DNA.The outcome of the conflict between bacteria and bacteriophage at any point in time results from

• A)frequency-dependent selection.
• B)evolutionary imbalance.
• C)heterozygote advantage.
• D)neutral variation.

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