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Compare And Contrast Darwin's Theory Of Evolution And Natural Selection

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Darwin’s Theory of evolution and natural selection involves the concept that individuals with inherited traits that are better suited to their local environments are more likely to survive and reproduce with one another. Over generations, an increasing amount of individuals in a population will also inherit these advantageous traits such as the resistance to different concentrations of antibiotics. (Reece et al. 0000). A recent article (Artemova et al. 2015) depicts research undertaken that involves observing the ability for a single cell of Beta-lactam-resistant E.coli strains (bacteria resistant to i.e. penicillin (Keith et al. 2000)) to evolve and survive exposed to different concentrations of Beta-Lactam antibiotic Cefotaxime. The experiment

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