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Another advantage of many bacteria for genetic studies is that they have very short generation times. The generation time is the length of time the organism takes to reach maturity and produce offspring. If the generation time of an organism is too long, it can limit the number of possible experiments. Some strains of the bacterium E. coli can reproduce every 20 minutes under ideal conditions. With such rapid multiplication, cultures of the bacteria can be started in the morning, and the progeny can be examined later in the day.