Gene Transfert QUIZ
PPI High School Connect-Module 2
What did you learn during this module? Find out by answering these questions!
And you can take this self-quiz even if you haven’t done the experiment ;o)
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How bacteria reproduce?
- By sexual reproduction
- By binary fission
What is the result of the binary fission?
- Offspring are unlike either parent
- New cells are identical to the parent
By which mechanism(s) is diversity in the bacterial gene pool maintained?
- Mutations occurring in bacterial DNA sequences
- Exchange of genetic information between bacteria
- None of the answers listed
- All of the answers liste!
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- DNA recombination within an individual bacterial cell
What is the horizontal gene transfer (HGT)?
- The transfer of a small piece of DNA from one bacterium to another
- The transfer of a gene from a vegetable to a human who ate it
By which mechanism(s) the horizontal gene transfer (HGT) can occur?
- All of the answers listed
- Conjugation
- Transduction
- None of the answers listed
- Transformation
Can bacteria easily acquire resistance to new antibiotics?
- YES
- NO
What are the Koch’s postulates?
- Four rules that must be met before a parasite or pathogen can be considered the cause of a disease
- Four mathematical axioms that help to predict the weather