An F⁺ bacterial cell __________.

Plasmids __________.

How is it possible that as many as 9 million mutations can arise each day in the population of E. coli inhabiting one human?

In the absence of meiosis and sexual reproduction, what general process allows genetic recombination among prokaryotes?

Which of the following statements about transformation is true?

Which of the following is/are true about R plasmids?

Genetic variation in bacterial populations cannot result froma. transduction.b. conjugation.c. mutation.d. meiosis.

What has metagenomic analysis allowed researchers to do for the first time?a. sample organisms from an environment and grow them under defined conditions in the labb. isolate organisms from an environment and sequence their entire genomec. study organisms that cannot be cultured (grown in the lab)d. identify important morphological differences among species

What has metagenomic analysis allowed researchers to do for the first time?a. sample organisms from an environment and grow them under defined conditions in the labb. isolate organisms from an environment and sequence their entire genomec. study organisms that cannot be cultured (grown in the lab)d. identify important morphological differences among species