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Antibiotic resistance in bacteria is an example of _________

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Antibiotic resistance in bacteria is an example of natural selection.

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Antibiotic resistance in bacteria occurs when bacteria do not respond to the antibodies, chemical and drugs required to treat the bacterial infection.

The resistant mutant bacteria will survive the antibiotic action and would pass on this trait to its offspring. This passing of survival trait is the example of natural selection in the process of evolution.

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