During endocytosis, if a bacterial cell is not degraded and bacterial DNA is taken up by the eukaryotic cell, what may have occurred?

A. horizontal gene transfer.
B. vertical evolution.
C. vertical exon shuffling.
D. chromosomal duplication and genomic exchange.
E. both chromosomal duplication and vertical evolution.


Answer: A

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