Which statement regarding genes and evolution is true?
A. If an organism has a mutation, it will be less "fit" (less able to reproduce) than other organisms.
B. Today's plethora of microorganisms is the result of an extremely brief period of genetic recombination events.
C. Mutations function to prevent the offspring of an organism from evolving.
D. Random, heritable genetic mutations are a source of genetic variation. This variation is necessary for natural selection to occur.

2polhiswhere is the energy in a glucose molecule stored? ooa. inside the carbon atomsb. inside the protonsc. in the bonds between the atomsood. inside the hydrogen atoms

Keeping in mind the life cycle of bacteriophages, consider the following problem: during the reproductive cycle of a temperate bacteriophage, the viral dna inserts into the bacterial chromosome where the resultant prophage behaves much like a trojan horse. it can remain quiescent, or it can become lytic and initiate a burst of progeny viruses. several operons maintain the prophage state by interacting with a repressor that keeps the lytic cycle in check. insults (ultraviolet light, for example) to the bacterial cell lead to a partial breakdown of the repressor, which in turn causes the production of enzymes involved in the lytic cycle. as stated in this simple form, would you consider this system of regulation to be operating under positive or negative control?

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