The distinction between artificial selection and natural selection is important

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The distinction between artificial selection and natural selection is important to master. Consider a bacteria that does not cause human disease. Describe these processes using illustrative examples. Your examples may be fictitious, but they need to be realistic and make biological sense.

[2 pts] Describe a specific example in which the bacteria changes (evolves) in a manner that illustrates artificial selection. Your description should contain an explanation.

[2 pts] Describe a specific example in which the bacteria changes (evolves) in a manner that illustrates natural selection. Your description should contain an explanation.

Explanation / Answer

in case of natural selection : take the example of antibiotic resistance in bacteria : increased use of antibiotics have caused the emergence of resistant strains of bacteria , mutations have occured in bacterial populations that enable the mutant bacterial cells to survive in the presence in the presence of drug , in tthem mutations furnish the source of evolutionary changes and th efate of the mutant gene is governed by the selection.

in case of artificial selection : humans select the bacteria for te intended goal , like agrobacterium tumefaciens is selected to be made as a vector or the genes like antibiotic resistance , stress resistant and so on ...

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