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How would you explain survival mechanisms of bacteria at the individual and population levels?
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How do you grow helpful bacteria?
Anything that controls the growth or survival of a population is called.
Is reproduction important to the survival of an individual?
No, reproduction is only important to the survival of the population/species after the individual has died. Reproduction in many cases has a high penalty on the survival of the individual that does reproduce, due to the extra efforts and risks that must be made to feed and care for the offspring.
Has genetic diversity helped or hurt the survival of the rat population?
Genetic diversity would increase the survival of the rat population because they would be more capable as a species of surviving in different environments.
How does variation hurt an organism?
Actually variation helps, because it increases diversity within the population increasing chances of survival of the population in the cases of environmental disaster, disease, etc. Some individual organisms in the population die and some live, more diversity the more likely some will live through whatever may happen.
How do individual pathogens develop resistance?
Individual pathogens can develop resistance to antimicrobial drugs through several mechanisms. These include acquiring genes that code for drug resistance, mutations that render the drug targets less susceptible to the drugs, and the ability to pump out or destroy the drugs. These adaptations occur through genetic changes that give the pathogens a survival advantage and allow them to evade the action of the drugs.
How do you grow helpful bacteria?
Anything that controls the growth or survival of a population is called.
Is reproduction important to the survival of an individual?
No, reproduction is only important to the survival of the population/species after the individual has died. Reproduction in many cases has a high penalty on the survival of the individual that does reproduce, due to the extra efforts and risks that must be made to feed and care for the offspring.
How does the defense mechanisms increase the caterpillar's chances of survival?
By protecting itself
Why do organisms need plants algae and bacteria for survival?
The organisms need plants, algae and bacteria for their nourishment. This ensures their survival.
How is antibiotic resistance bacteria an example of natural selection?
When a population of bacteria is bombarded with antibiotics, the 'weak' ones will die. The ones with some resistance built in will survive, and divide to form a new population of copies of themselves, or a resistant population. This in itself is survival of the fittest in a very pure form.
Is survival a universal motive?
Yes, survival is a universal motive as the instinct to survive is inherent in all living organisms. This drive to ensure one's own existence is fundamental to biological life and is essential for the continuation of species.
Survival and recovery of a population depends on a minimum population base referred to as its?
The survival and recovery of a population depends on a minimum population base referred to as its biotic community.
Is independent assortment important in homo sapiens?
Yes, independent assortment is important in humans because it helps generate genetic variation within a population by shuffling and recombining genes during meiosis. This process contributes to genetic diversity and plays a role in evolution and adaptability to changing environments.
How did intelligence start?
Intelligence began with survival, animals gained mechanisms to aid in logic and decisions to survive.
Explain how natural selection can give rive to a population of antibiotic resistant bacteria?
Consider the following scenario: An antibiotic is applied to a petri dish of bacteria. The antibiotic will kill of most of the bacteria, but some will remain that are immune to the antibiotic. Therefore, only the immune bacteria will reproduce. Soon, the whole petri dish will be full of bacteria that is immune to the antibiotic. Nature "selects" the immune bacteria for survival.
What are the bacteria and virus that depend on the sunlight for their survival?
Viruses do not require sunlight for their survival. But certain photosynthetic bacteria such as Cyanobacteria require sunlight to perform photosynthesis.
Why is reproduction necessary for the survival of a species but not necessary for the survival of an individual organism?
because the gravity of the earth is forcing you to love me than your parents.
