In PCR, the primer length influences the rate at which primer molecules pair with template DNA; this rate decreases as the primer length increases.

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Davis’s U-tube experiment- Exchange of bacterial genes clearly required direct contact in conjugation.

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Transformation takes place when a bacterium takes up DNA from the medium in which it is growing.

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Transduction takes place when bacterial viruses (bacteriophages) carry DNA from one bacterium to another.

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Cotransduction Process in which two or more genes are transferred together from one bacterial cell to another by a virus.

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Generalized transduction Transduction in which any gene can be transferred from one bacterial cell to another by a virus.

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Specialized transduction Transduction in which genes near special sites on the bacterial chromosome are transferred from one bacterium to another.