Answer:
parasitism,
Explanation:
parasitism, relationship between two species of plants or animals in which one benefits at the expense of the other, sometimes without killing the host organism.
The child contains or is able to recieve both type a and b. the child obtained this from her parents.
The answer is most likely B). 'The harmless bacteria would not have been transformed, and the mice would have lived,' because, then bacterium transform, they use the genetic material present in their environment to do so, and when Avery destroyed the nucleotide bases(Genetic material) with an enzyme he destroyed any chances that the bacteria would have had at transforming into the virulent strain.