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In Lederberg's replica plating experiment, the medium used to obtain streptomycin resistant strain is

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a

complete medium and streptomycin

b

minimal medium without streptomycin

c

complete medium without streptomycin

d

minimal medium and streptomycin

answer is D.

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Growth of certain bacteria in complete medium with streptomycin shows that they carry a mutation for streptomycin even though they are not exposed to streptomycin before.

Environmental stress does not direct or cause genetic changes; it simply selects rare pre-existing mutations that result in phenotypes better adapted to the new environment 

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