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Assume that every time you copy DNA, whether it is bacterial DNA or human DNA, you have the same rate of mutation. If that is the case, explain why bacteria mutate to adapt to their environment much faster than humans.

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Because the human DNA OF sperm and ovum have to be divided one and then fuses to form a newborn.

It take more time to reproduce but in bacteria , their reproduction rate is very high that means if any bacteria can get a mutation it will be transfer to next progeny and from where it will be easily transferred to next progeny.but in human it is very less because reproduction time is very long.

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