Garth, did you say what you really mean:
>Where a gene for resistance is present it moves very rapidly from
bacterial host to host, and soon it destroys the usefullness of an
antibiotic.
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It is one thing to speak of the offspring having a favorable gene, of an
evolutionary and reproductive advantage. This sentence, however appears
to be claiming that a gene is transferred among existing bacteria, no
reproduction involved. They-do-it-themselves gene splicing, if you will.
Is that what you mean?
Mike