Which of the following statements is not true about genetic recombination:
1) Recombination involves the induction of double stranded breaks
2) Recombination involves strand invasion from the homologous chromosome
3) Recombination involves the formation of a double stranded region that involves DNA strands from two different homologs
4) The DNA strands in the heteroduplex region will always be exactly complementary to each other.
5) All statements about recombination are true
Which of the following statements is not true about genetic recombination:
1) Recombination involves the induction of double stranded breaks
2) Recombination involves strand invasion from the homologous chromosome
3) Recombination involves the formation of a double stranded region that involves DNA strands from two different homologs
4) The DNA strands in the heteroduplex region will always be exactly complementary to each other.
5) All statements about recombination are true
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The direct movement of DNA between two bacteria of the samegeneration is called horizontal genetic transfer. | ||
In conjugation, the strand of DNA that is transferred from thedonor cell to the recipient cell is single stranded. | ||
The process of conjugation may introduce new genes into therecipient strain, altering its genotype. | ||
A cell with an F factor integrated into the bacterial chromosomeis called F+. | ||
An episome is a segment of bacterial DNA that can exist as aplasmid or be integrated into the bacterial chromosome. | ||
During transformation, homologous recombination may occur if thesequence of the introduced DNA has no similarity to the hostDNA. |
