A pollutant is a substance or energy introduced into the environment that has undesired effects, or adversely affects the usefulness of a resource.
<span>Functional traits can be shared between organisms with divergent SSU rRNA sequences because functional traits may evolve independently, be shared through horizontal gene transfer, or be lost in divergent lineages.
Functional traits are characteristics that define our behavior.
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The individuals gametes cells would be damaged, possibly taking his ability to have offspring.
Bacteria cells, I believe so.