GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
EVOLUTION
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Question
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What are antibiotics used for?
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curing bacterial infections
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agriculture
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fighting cancer
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Antibiotics are used as growth promoters for food animal production and for therapeutic and prophylactic uses in humans, animals, and plants. The intensive and extensive use of antibiotic agents, however, has resulted in the emergence of highly drug-resistant bacterial pathogens.
Detailed explanation-2: -Two antibiotics (streptomycin and oxytetracycline) are used on plants.
Detailed explanation-3: -Antibiotics and farming. Worldwide it is estimated that 66% of all antibiotics are used in farm animals, not people.
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