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Why do bacteria evolve new variants far faster than fish?
AMicrobes have short life cycles
BMicrobes lack any competition
CFish lack heritable variation
DFish genomes cannot mutate
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Microbes have short life cycles
The rate of new forms depends on life span, and fast-dividing microbes pass through many generations quickly.
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