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6. Two common sources of emerging diseases are mutations in disease-causing organisms that enable them to transfer from one host species to another, and invasions of disease-causing organisms into new ecosystems.
a. Briefly describe one example of each, ensuring you clearly label which is an example of invasion and which is transfer across species
b. Describe what is meant by the term antimicrobial resistance
c. Use one of the examples you gave in part a) to describe how the rate of evolution impacts the relationship between the disease-causing species and both the new and original species impacted by the disease.