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Bacteria reproduce by dividing in two. If the bacteria has a dominate trait of causing elevated temperature in the recipient cell, the offspring of this bacteria will _____.

A.)have a 50% chance of having this trait
B.)have a 100% chance of having this trait
C.)have a 25% chance of having this trait

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Answer: 100%

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Bacteria multiply by binary fission, which results in exact copies (clones) of the parent cell. There for B, 100 would be the answer.

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