Adaptation and selection

Question 1

one of the most diverse and adaptable groups of organisms

Answer 1

Bacteria

Question 2

mutation

Answer 2

changing the quantity or structure of DNA of an organism. That result in different characteristics

Question 3

Conjugation

Answer 3

when one bacterial cell transfers DNA to another bacterial cell

Question 4

how do mutations occur?

Answer 4

one or more basses in a sequence might be added, deleted or replaced by others during replication. Different amino acid sequence will lead to different polypeptide, a different protein or no protein at all

Question 5

DNA in the form of genes can be passed from one species to another species

Answer 5

Horizontal gene transmission

Question 6

Genes passed down from one generation of a species to the next generation of the same species

Answer 6

vertical gene transmission