Question

Bacteria reproduce by dividing in two. If the bacteria has a dominate trait of causing elevated temperature in the recipient cell, the offspring of this bacteria will _____.
A.)have a 50% chance of having this trait
B.)have a 100% chance of having this trait
C.)have a 25% chance of having this trait

Answer 1

Bacteria multiply by binary fission, which results in exact copies (clones) of the parent cell. There for B, 100 would be the answer.