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what is horizontal gene transfer?
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genes moving "laterally" to other microbes of the same generation
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What counts as "recombinant?"
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A recipient cell only counts as a recombinant once donor DNA is ACCEPTED
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How does conjugation help geneticists map the genomes of bacteria?
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It tells them the relative positions of the genes on the chromosome
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which is always the first gene to be shared via conjugation?
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the fertility factor, which confers the ability to share genetic material!
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name three types of horizontal gene transfer:
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transformation (genes transferred from one bacteria to another as "naked DNA"
conjugation transduction |
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what do restriction enzymes do?
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they cut DNA at sites, called recognition sites, that have specific nucleotide sequences.
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what type of bonds connect each base pair?
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hydrogen bonds
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