Several Organisms from a Strain of Bacteria Infecting Hospital Patients

question 12

Multiple Choice

Several organisms from a strain of bacteria infecting hospital patients inherited a mutation that increased their resistance to the hospital's antibacterial drugs.Over time,the drug-resistant bacteria increasingly outnumbered the bacteria without the mutation.This best illustrates

• A) domestication.
• B) an epigenetic mark.
• C) natural selection.
• D) behavior genetics.

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