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Dictionary » E » Environmental resistance Environmental resistanceDefinition noun The resistance presented by the environmental conditions to limit a species from growing out of control or to stop them from reproducing at maximum rate.
Environmental resistance includes a mixture of abiotic factors such as temperature, and biotic factors such as natural enemies (biological control agents) to limit the organism for expressing its full capacity to reproduce. ![]()
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Results from our forumRe: Theories - Origin of Life... in part, the result of random mutation. All I have argued is that this resistance is already there in nature. The question is not how did the resistance ... to antibiotics can be involved in central metabolic processes of environmental bacteria in their natural habitats." So, one of the major ...
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Molecular gene (genome) concept scientifically untenable... results were even more shocking than Radman’s. “…depending on their environmental conditions, bacteria might be able to direct mutations to particular ... at the University of Wisconsin which showed that mutations for resistance to some antibiotics occurred spontaneously in cells that had never ...
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Re: Creation of species through programmed evolution... as observed in several situation especially when the organism faces environmental stress, disease, etc. validates this aspect of the theory. ... changes in DNA reported under stressed environmental conditions or resistance development against diseases or pesticides are the required changes ...
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Re:... neutral or lethal? The answer is yes, as according to Miller AP Environmental Science Book. (Chapter 5 is on evolution) Then, if most are ... tuberculosis , which is famous for developing multiple drug resistances in the course of time if it is under selective pressure of antimicrobial ...
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Question about evolution in progress... is kinda different, as mutation occur quite frequent, especially under environmental stress. It can be the initial population do not has any resistance against certain antibiotic, but the mutation that cause the resistance which later ...
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