Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Bacterial cells only contain one copy of its circular chromosome.
2. Bacteria can exchange DNA between strains of the same species and between different species.
3. Viroids have a genome but do not translate any of it to protein.
4. Horizontal gene transfer occurs when one species of bacteria takes up the DNA of another species that released the DNA when it died.
5. Bacterial conjugation is also called bacterial sex because there is an equal exchange of genetic information between two cells.


1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE

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