Introduction To Health Care (mindtap Course List)
Introduction To Health Care (mindtap Course List)
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780357123072
Author: Lee Haroun, Dakota Mitchell
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 2, Problem 29RQ
Summary Introduction

To determine:

Meaning and effect of bacterial mutation on the use of antibiotics.

Introduction:

The changing of the structure of a gene, resulting in a variant form that may be transmitted to subsequent generations is termed as mutations. Mutation can happen because of some changes or alterations in DNA such as deletion, insertion, rearrangement etc.

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