Viruses transmit bacterial genetic material from one bacterium to another in a type of horizontal gene transfer referred to as ____

Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.


transduction

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With the exception of some gram-positive cocci, what concentration of NaCl inhibits nearly

A) 2.5% B) 5% C) 7.5% D) 10%

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What strategy did Benzer use to perform intragenic mapping?

A. Infection of a cell with two different viruses that had mutations in the same gene could not result in a wild type virus by recombination B. Infection of a cell with two different viruses that had mutations in the same gene would result in a wild type virus by transduction C. Infection of a cell with two different viruses that had mutations in different genes could result in a wild type virus by recombination D. Infection of a cell with two different viruses that had mutations in the same gene could result in a wild type virus by recombination

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Epithelial cell shapes and arrangements include: (check all that apply)

_____ columnar. _____ stratified. _____ symmetric. _____ rod shaped. _____ transitional.

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Which of the following is an application of transposon tagging?

A. To test if a transposon is replicative B. As a tool to clone novel genes C. To track the movement of transposons between species D. To inactivate transposons in a genome

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