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Mr. Wonderful

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on: Apr 23, 2014
Antibiotic resistance evolves in bacteria because ______.
A) the presence of antibiotics favors bacteria that already have genes for resistance
B) farmers do not use enough antibiotics in animal feed
C) the antibiotics create resistance genes in bacteria
D) none of the above


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Reply #1 on: May 9, 2014
This is for essentials biology, right? the answer is A. Bye for now.


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Mr. Wonderful

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Reply #2 on: May 9, 2014
Thank you, you were right :D


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Reply #3 on: Sep 11, 2015
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Thank you!


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