________ is when the fertility plasmid merges with the bacterial cell's chromosome and ceases to be an independent plasmid in the cytoplasm
A) Transformation
B) Transfection
C) Transduction
D) Recombination
E) Conjugation
Answer: D
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A. Lytic B. Lysogenic C. The protease inhibitors would have no bearing on which life cycle is chosen.
The normal habitat of Clostridium tetani is
A. humans. B. animals. C. plants. D. soil and dust.
Generally, which phase of the cell cycle varies the most in length?
a. G1 b. S c. G2 d. M e. All phases are the same length among cells
Gregor Mendel ____
a. discovered the structure of DNA b. claimed that each individual carries a pair of "factors" for a given trait c. demonstrated that traits carried by parents are “blended” in their offspring d. cross-bred thirty different species of pea plants over a span of fifty years e. reasoned that each parent carries one gene for a specific trait