#Question id: 19171
#Part-A Aptitude & General Biotechnology
#Question id: 12716
#Part-B Specialized Branches in Biotechnology
#Question id: 5250
#Part-A Aptitude & General Biotechnology
A researcher would like to map the location of galE and trpA genes in a new species of bacterium that appears to be closely related to E. coli. He decides to use cotransduction, and generatesnappropriate donor and recipient strains. He is disappointed when cotransduction is not seen in his experiement. What is the most reasonable explanation for this situation?
#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: 18983
#Part-A Aptitude & General Biotechnology