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a population of bacteria is treated with hand sanitizer. because of genetic variation in the population, what is a possible outcome

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A possible outcome would be that some bacteria would be immune to hand sanitizer and live. These bacteria would be able to produce offspring, leading to a whole new generation that is immune to the hand sanitizer.
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Some of the bacteria may be resistant and survive.

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