ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
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- Created on: 26-05-13 15:31
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- Antibiotic Resistance
- NATURAL SELECTION
- MUTATIONS
- Mutations are changes in the base sequence of an organisms DNA.
- Could change protein and cause a difference characteristic.
- Mutations are changes in the base sequence of an organisms DNA.
- VERTICAL TRANSMISSION
- reproduce asexually - exact copy.
- Passed on during reproduction
- genes for antibiotic resistance found in bacterial chromosomesor plasmids.
- reproduce asexually - exact copy.
- HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION
- Bacteria join together in conjugation, and a copy of plasmid is passed from on cell to another.
- Plasmids can be passed to a member of the same species of a different species.
- Bacteria join together in conjugation, and a copy of plasmid is passed from on cell to another.
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