Please explain how horizontal gene transfer is different than sexual reproduction

What will be an ideal response?


ANS:
HGT is decoupled from reproduction; HGT can occur between distantly related species; HGT is not reciprocal.

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Match the choice on the left with the correct choice on the right.

A) green plant B) +?G; nonspontaneous C) heat absorbing D) heat releasing E) portion of the universe F) an example of a state variable G) -?G; spontaneous H) bioluminescence I) animal 1) example of biological work 2) phototroph 3) chemotroph 4) endergonic 5) exothermic 6) endothermic 7) system 8) pressure

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Which type of lipid is most important to the structure of biological membranes?

a. fat b. wax c. phospholipid d. neutral fat e. triglyceride

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The correct operational sequence of the three

processes listed below is I. glycolysis II. electron transport chain III. Krebs cycle a. I >>> II >>> III. b. II >>> I >>> III. c. III >>> I >>> II. d. II >>> III >>> I. e. I >>> III >>> II.

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