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Blueprint of life - Millennium

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Gill Sans Boldc) As new synthetic antibiotics have been developed, populations <strong>of</strong>new drug-resistant bacteria have been identified. How does anunderstanding <strong>of</strong> how new genes are formed help you to explain whynew kinds <strong>of</strong> bacteria have evolved?___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Exercise 4.8: Punctuated equilibriuma) Describe the concept <strong>of</strong> punctuated equilibrium in evolution.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________b) How is punctuated equilibrium different from a gradual evolutionarymodel?___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Part 4: How genes operate 49

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