If a bacterium with the ability to survive the effects of an antibiotic "pops up" in a population, it most likely 

A. resulted from spontaneous mutation.
B. increased in number before the antibiotic began to be used.
C. was introduced from another species.
D. was created by the antibiotic.


A. resulted from spontaneous mutation.

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