If You Allowed 10 Identical Parallel Salmonella Cultures to Evolve

question 6

Multiple Choice

If you allowed 10 identical parallel Salmonella cultures to evolve for 10,000 generations under new growth conditions with very little nitrogen, the parallel cultures would

• A) evolve identical adaptations to use the nitrogen source provided in the media.
• B) not change or adapt very much over this small number of generations.
• C) each accumulate different random mutations resulting in different adaptations to use the nitrogen in the media.
• D) direct mutations to occur in nitrogen utilization and uptake genes in order to adapt rapidly to the culture conditions.

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Definitions:

Manufacturing Overhead

All indirect costs associated with the manufacturing process, such as maintenance, utilities, and quality control.

Machine-Hours

A measure of production time that tracks the number of hours a machine is operated.

Predetermined Overhead Rate

A rate used to allocate manufacturing overhead to individual jobs, calculated at the beginning of a period by dividing the estimated total overhead costs by an allocation base such as estimated total units in the allocation base.

Variable Manufacturing Overhead

The portion of manufacturing overhead costs that varies directly with production volume, such as utilities and raw materials.