LSAT 34, Reading Comprehension, Q14, LSATHacks

RC Question 14 Explanation, by LSATHacks

DISCUSSION: This is mentioned in lines 15-22. If you take away a bacterium’s cell wall, it will pass that lack of walls on to it’s offspring.

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1. Lines 26-27 make clear that CO2 vulnerability was genetic.
2. Same as A.
3. CORRECT. See lines 15-22. Removing a bacterium’s cell wall changes how its genes interact. 
4. Close, but it’ s the absence of cell walls that we know can be passed on. 
5. Plasmids are mentioned around line 35. This is an example of horizontal gene transmission. 

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