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Microbiology 9th Edition by Laura Black, Jacquelyn Black

Edition 9ISBN: 9781118934753
book Microbiology 9th Edition by Laura Black, Jacquelyn Black cover

Microbiology 9th Edition by Laura Black, Jacquelyn Black

Edition 9ISBN: 9781118934753
Exercise 17
Which of the following statements is false regarding lateral gene transfer?
(a) It accelerates evolution by allowing rapid acquisition of adaptive traits.
(b) It has resulted in multiple ancestral origins for some or ganisms.
(c) Laterally transfered genes are unstable and tend to be lost over time.
(d) Organisms in one domain have acquired genes from or ganisms in a different domain.
(e) It complicates the process of determining evolutionary relatedness.
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