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Antibiotic Resistance Evolution Bacteria  Naturally Mutated Bacteria Survives

Antibiotic resistance in bacteria evolves through natural selection where mutated bacteria survive treatment, reproduce, and transfer resistance genes, sometimes via bacterial conjugation.

Antibiotic resistance in bacteria evolves through natural selection: naturally mutated resistant bacteria survive antibiotic treatment, reproduce, and pass on resistance genes, often aided by bacterial conjugation.

Front Evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria 
Back naturally mutated bacteria survives treatment, reproduce/bacterial conjugation (in absence of competition); antibiotic introduction (selection pressure), increase frequency of resistance gene (evolution)

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