What is the role of the F factor in bacterial recombination?

What will be an ideal response?


The F factor confers the capacity to produce a conjugation tube, which functions in conjugation by generating the Hfr and F' recombinant possibilities.

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What types of amino acids are most responsible for the binding of DNA to histones?

A. Hydrophobic amino acids B. Polar amino acids C. Positively charged amino acids D. Negatively charged amino acids

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In what phase of the cell cycle does a typical

cell spend most of its life?

a. interphase b. prophase c. metaphase d. anaphase e. telophase

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The figure below illustrates one possible

__________ structure of __________. a. primary; proteins b. primary; carbohydrates c. primary; lipids d. secondary; proteins e. tertiary; proteins

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Invertebrates on land use __________ or

__________ systems for gas exchange. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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