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Select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph: P. When bacteria are exposed to an antibiotic over a long period of time, they can evolve a resistance to the drug. Q. Like other organisms, bacterial populations adapt and evolve over time. R. Initially, bacteria treated with antibiotics will die, but if some bacteria happen to have a genetic mutation that makes them resistant to the antibiotics, those bacteria will continue to survive and multiply. S. Through a process known as vertical gene transfer, resistant bacteria will reproduce and pass on this resistance to their offspring and create a whole new generation of resistant bacteria.