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