Written by Merel Dagher (PEACE Advisor)
How can bacteria transfer genes across members of their generation?
a. Transformation
b. Transduction
c. Conjugation
d. All of the above
e. Only b and c
a. Transformation
b. Transduction
c. Conjugation
d. All of the above
e. Only b and c
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The correct answer is d. Transformation is the transfer of genes through the environment; transduction is done through viruses; conjugation is done through plasmids. Bacterial lineages are not independent of each other!