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What is antimicrobial resistance?

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the ability of a microorganism (like bacteria, viruses, and some parasites) to stop an antimicrobial (such as antibiotics, antivirals and antimalarials) from working against it. As a result, standard treatments become ineffective, infections persist and may spread to others.

In Biology, why do mutations occur?

There are two reasons: Exogenous Factors- which are environmental factors such as sunlight, radiation, smoking, all of these factors can cause mutations. They are either neutral or harmful Endogenous Factors- errors during DNA replication can lead to genetic changes as in toxic by-products or cellular metabolism.

Write a short thesis about the short story "The lottery ticket".

Anton Chekhov’s “ The Lottery Ticket”, written in third person omniscient, is a short story about a couple who fantasize winning the lottery. Through the use of symbolism, irony foreshadowing in “The Lottery Ticket”, Chekhov reveals how the promise of a better life invokes greed in people by making them turn against each other.