#Question id: 5252
#Part-A Aptitude & General Biotechnology
Which type(s) of genetic transfer lead to incorporation of new DNA into the bacterial chromosome?
I. Conjugation mediated by F factor
II. Hfr mediated conjugation
III. Transduction
IV. Transformation
#Question id: 5253
#Part-A Aptitude & General Biotechnology
In a hypothetical situation, the genes for sex pilus construction and for tetracycline resistance are located together on the same plasmid within a particular bacterium. If this bacterium readily performs conjugation involving a copy of this plasmid, then the resultshould be
#Question id: 5255
#Part-A Aptitude & General Biotechnology
Which of the following is a structure that permits conjugation to occur?
#Question id: 5256
#Part-A Aptitude & General Biotechnology
If the experimental population of E. coli lacks an F factor or F plasmid, and if bacteriophage are excluded from the bacterial cultures, then which of these is a means by which beneficial mutations might be transmitted horizontally to other E. coli cells?
#Question id: 5257
#Part-A Aptitude & General Biotechnology
Which term is least closely associated with the others?
#Question id: 5302
#Part-B Specialized Branches in Biotechnology
Using modern techniques of sequencing by synthesis and the shotgun approach, sequences are assembled into chromosomes by ________.