What do bacterial cells do in transduction?

a. They take up pieces of DNA through the use of a virus.
b. They replicate DNA molecules.
c. They make replicate copies of one another.
d. They take up pieces of DNA that are released as other cells disintegrate.


Ans: a. They take up pieces of DNA through the use of a virus.

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A. Both strands are made up of newly assembled nucleotides. B. One strand is new and the other is from the original molecule. C. Both strands contain some nucleotides from the original molecule. D. The sugar-phosphate chains are conserved and new bases are inserted between them. E. The base pairs are conserved and new sugar-phosphate backbones are built up on them.

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A. Vascular B. Dermal C. Root D. Ground E. Shoot

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