Imagine you start a population of 1 million bacteria from a single bacterial cell. Now imagine that a population this large is started from a male and female housefly. How would these two populations differ?
A) The cells of the bacterial population would be larger on average than the cells that make up the houseflies.
B) The cells of the bacterial population would differ genetically from each other much more than would individuals of the housefly population.
C) No cells of the housefly population would ever divide by meiosis, but some cells of the bacterial population would divide by meiosis.
D) Individuals of the housefly population would differ genetically from each other much more than would cells of the bacterial population.
E) No cells of the bacterial population would ever divide by binary fission, but some cells of the housefly population would divide by binary fission.
Answer: D
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