Despite prokaryotic microbes being invisible to the naked eye, Rob Dunn and his

Question

Despite prokaryotic microbes being invisible to the naked eye, Rob Dunn and his team understood that they were likely to find such microbes on their test subjects since prokaryotic microbes can reproduce rapidly and thrive on the human body. What other advantages do prokaryotes have as a result of their rapid reproduction?

(a) the ability to quickly evolve to survive harsh environments

(b) abilitytobecomeoneofthelargestorganisminourecosystem

(c) ability to become highly abundant in most ecosystems

(d) the most important organism in an ecosystem

Explanation / Answer

The other advantages are:

(a) the ability to quickly evolve to survive harsh environments

(c) ability to become highly abundant in most ecosystems

(a) the ability to quickly evolve to survive harsh environments

(a) the ability to quickly evolve to survive harsh environments

(c) ability to become highly abundant in most ecosystems

Reason: High reproduction results in speedy evolution as more generations appear in less time. Also, more generations result in high abundance.

Related Questions

Navigate

• Browse (All)
• Browse D
• Subjects

Integrity-first tutoring: explanations and feedback only — we do not complete graded work. Learn more.