Which of the Following Statements Is TRUE Regarding the Initial

question 42

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the initial work of Santiago Elena and Richard Lenski?

• A)They demonstrated that populations of bacteria can evolve in culture.
• B)They demonstrated that an individual bacterium can evolve in culture.
• C)They demonstrated that bacteria from earlier and later generations behave similarly in succinate-rich culture.
• D)They demonstrated that mutations in DNA are responsible for the evolution of bacteria in culture.
• E)They demonstrated that evolution cannot occur in cultured bacteria.