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What can increase the frequency of mutations occurring?
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Exposure to a mutagen
Loss of functionality in anything that maintains genetic integrity |
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What is synapsis?
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The process of homologous recombination with the RecA protein
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What are two instances of non-homologous genetic recombination?
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Site-specific recombination
Transposition |
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What are pathogenicity islands?
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Clusters of genes involved in virulence that encode a number of different things
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What are the three mechanisms of bacterial gene exchange?
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Transformation
Conjugation Transduction |
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What is a plasmid?
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DNA molecules that replicate separately from the bacterial chromosome
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What is incompatibility?
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The loss of one plasmid due to another in the same group being present
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What are the types of bacteriophages and what viral growth cycles do they exhibit?
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Virulent: lytic
Temperate: lytic or lysogenic |
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What is a prophage?
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The cell that carries a phage genome as a lysogen in the lysogenic viral cycle
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