Natural Selection
What Is Natural Selection?
- many more offspring are produced than usually survive to reproduce
- considerable inheritable variations exist among organisms
- organisms are closely adapted to their environment
- many different species are very similar
- a variety of domestic breeds have been developed through careful selective breeding
So Wheres the Proof?
What is enterococci?
- Gram positive bacteria
- Native to the human intestinal tract
- Commonly affects immuno-defficient patients
- Can cause urinary tract infection, bacteraemia, endocarditis, pelvic/abdominal infection and wound infection
When did the resistant strain spread?
How exactly is vancomycin-resistant enterococci resistant?
Enterococci under a microscope
What is the mechanism for natural selection- therefore evolution?
What does natural selection mean to us? Heres an example
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