Human activity, like antibiotic use, drives evolution in Staphylococcus aureus; resistance mutations allow survival and reproduction, increasing the frequency of resistant alleles and leading to MRSA.
Human activity, like antibiotic use, drives evolution in Staphylococcus aureus; resistance mutations allow survival and reproduction, increasing the frequency of resistant alleles and leading to MRSA.
Front | Describe how human activity has resulted in evolution in populations of Staphylococcus aureus. |
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Back | Methycillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus:
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