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penguins

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on: Jul 18, 2013
In Fred Griffith's experiments, harmless R strain pneumococcus became lethal S strain pneumococcus as the result of which of the following?
1.    horizontal gene transfer
2.    transduction
3.    conjugation
4.    transformation
5.    genetic recombination
A) 2 only
B) 4 only
C) 2 and 5
D) 1, 3, and 5
E) 1, 4, and 5


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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2013
Surely the answer is E. Bye!


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Reply #2 on: Aug 16, 2013
Thank you so much.


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