With as much as you can. you. will give brainleist horizontal gene transfer can occur through several mechanisms. why is this relevant to humans? a. bacteria can divide quickly using binary fission. b. bacteria can exchange genes for resistance to antibiotics in this way. c. viruses can infect bacteria, inserting their genetic material into the bacterial dna. d. bacteria are never beneficial to humans. gene mutations can be passed on to future generations and drive natural selection. choose the best description of how gene mutations are involved in evolution. a. all gene mutations are passed to future generations and over many generations will contribute to the evolution of new species. b. gene mutations can be , harmful, or neutral for an organism's survival. only mutations that are in the organism's environment would influence its survival and reproduction. c. gene mutations often skip generations, with advantageous traits showing up several generations after the gene mutation was first introduced. d. gene mutations can be dominant or recessive for an organism. dominant genes will be adaptive for future generations, but recessive genes won't. species can vary in several ways. which of the following is one of darwin's ideas that was accepted by most scientists of his time due to the large number of fossils being discovered at that time? a. species vary around the world. b. species have specific adaptations to their local environment. c. species that live in seawater can also live on mountains. d. species change over long periods of time. dinoflagellates can perform photosynthesis and provide energy for themselves and for the coral that they live near. the coral provide protection to the dinoflagellates. this is an example of a a. parasitic relationship. b. commensalistic relationship. c. mutualistic relationship. d. dependent relationship. plants can reproduce a. only by cutting or budding. b. only using pollination. c. sexually and asexually. d. constantly. the idea that viruses originated as genetic material that was able to move within a genome, eventually exiting a cell and entering another is the hypothesis. a. coevolution b. regressive c. recessive d. progressive the wings of insects, birds, and bats evolved independently but carry out similar functions. this is an example of a. analogous structures. b. embryonic structures. c. vestigial structures. d. homologous structures.