Multiple Choice
Why would natural selection favor reduced parasitic bacterial genomes?
A) The parasitic lifestyle eliminates metabolism leading to gene loss.
B) Parasites have reduced metabolic needs leading to gene loss.
C) Parasitic bacteria are primitive and never had metabolic genes.
D) Transposons have caused mutagenesis and genes have been lost.
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