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within the population some individual posses the gene for resistance to the antibiotic or it develops the genes by mutation ; such genes lead to production of enzyme which neutralize the antibiotic; the resistance forms survive the antibiotic hence transmit their advantages genes to their offspring; thus a new population of resistance strains is established(e mergence of new species(speciation)
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