Open QuestionWith respect to F⁺ and F⁻ bacterial matings, answer the following questions:What is the genetic basis for a bacterium's being F⁺.
Open QuestionWith respect to F⁺ and F⁻ bacterial matings, answer the following questions:How was it established that chromosome transfer was unidirectional?
Open QuestionWith respect to F⁺ and F⁻ bacterial matings, answer the following questions:How was it established that physical contact between cells was necessary?
Open QuestionBacteria transfer genes by conjugation, transduction, and transformation. Compare and contrast these mechanisms. In your answer, identify which if any processes involve homologous recombination and which if any do not.
Open QuestionExplain the importance of the following features in conjugating donor bacteria:pilin protein
Open QuestionExplain the importance of the following features in conjugating donor bacteria:the origin of transfer
Open QuestionExplain the importance of the following features in conjugating donor bacteria:T strand DNA