Given Question:
Can prokaryotes exchange genes with each other?
Answer: <u>True</u>
Explanation:
By the process of conjugation, their DNA is <u>transferred</u> from one prokaryote to another by means of a pilus, which brings the organisms into contact with one another. The DNA transferred can be in the form of a plasmid or as a hybrid, containing both plasmid and chromosomal DNA.
<span>It is going to depend on what you consider stable. A
diverse population would be more resistant to disease because of simple
biology. The more sources for possible resistance the better the
heterogeneous pool will be at resisting disease. You also have to take
in to consideration things like the availability of modern medicine and
the ability to be isolated during illness. </span><span>
Personally I think it has to do with the fact that many of the worlds
more diverse population centers are also many of the worlds largest
population centers which make them less prone to invasion on that basis
alone. </span>