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3. Animals can develop illnesses from bacterial infections. Antibiotic medications are sometimes prescribed to treat these infections. What do you think might happen to a population of bacteria that is exposed frequently to such antibiotics? ​

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Answer:

it could mutate to where the antibiotic no longer works

Step-by-step explanation:

its fairly simple if a medicine, antibiotic in this case is not changed over time then the thing it is fighting will learn how to ignore it to where it no longer works as the species adapt and change the antibiotics must to otherwise there will be no effect.

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