A few resistant individuals, initially in the minority, survive drug treatment while non-resistant ones die, leading to the resistant ones becoming the majority.
Los pocos individuos resistentes, inicialmente en minoría, sobreviven al tratamiento del fármaco mientras que los no resistentes mueren, permitiendo que los resistentes se conviertan en la población mayoritaria.
| Front | Explain how this genetic change leads to resistance? |
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| Back | few cells in the minority, would either be killed/inhibited by host defenses and then after the drug kills non-resistant pathogens, ends up as the majority |
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