Question 1
The process by which
Pneumococcus transfers DNA between living type RII and heat-killed type SIII cells is known as ________.
◦ transformation
◦ replication
◦ transduction
◦ ligation
◦ conjugation
Question 2
What is one difference between DNA replication in bacteria versus eukaryotes?
◦ Eukaryotic chromosomes are replicated bi-directionally, while bacterial chromosomes are replicated in one direction.
◦ Eukaryotic chromosomes have many origins of replication and replicate bi-directionally, while bacteria have only one origin of replication and replicate uni-directionally.
◦ Bacterial chromosomes are replicated bi-directionally, while eukaryotic chromosomes are replicated in one direction.
◦ Eukaryotic chromosomes have many origins of replication, while bacteria have only one origin of replication.
◦ The process is identical in bacterial and eukaryotic DNA replication.
Oil eating bacteria
Chromosome versus chromatid
Spirilla bacteria.
Replication of HIV
By how many times will the population of bacteria have increased after 6 h?
Contrasting chromosome origins of an autopolyploid versus an allopolyploid