Bacterial genetic exchange in nature.

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Bacterial genetic exchange in nature.

Science progress - 1 Jan 1995

Ogunseitan O A

Abstract excerpt

Most bacteria are haploid organisms containing only one copy of each gene per cell for most of the growth cycle. This means that the chance for correcting random mutations in bacterial genes would depend entirely on the complementarity inherent in DNA structures, unless homologous DNA sequences c...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Conjugation, Genetic
DNA, Bacterial
Genetic Engineering
Humans
Phenotype
Transduction, Genetic
Transformation, Bacterial

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