Once Exposed to an Antibiotic Drug, Bacteria Will Develop a Resistance

question 5

True/False

Once exposed to an antibiotic drug, bacteria will develop a resistance in order to survive and then pass the resistance onto subsequent generations. This is an example of Lamark's idea of the inheritance of acquired characteristics.

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Independence

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