For each item, indicate if it is demonstrating vertical gene transfer or horizontal gene transfer: E. coli cell undergoes binary fission to produce two daughter cells [Select] Yeast cell buds [Select] A plasmid is transferred from one bacterium to another [Select] A phage shuttles DNA captured from one host cell into another cell, where it is incorporated into the chromosomal DNA through homologous recombination [Select] A Streptococcus cell takes up small fragments of DNA released from other dving Streptococci in the environment and incorporates them into its chromosom ✓ [Select] Horizontal Vertical
Genetic Recombination
Recombination is crucial to this process because it allows genes to be reassorted into diverse combinations. Genetic recombination is the process of combining genetic components from two different origins into a single unit. In prokaryotes, genetic recombination takes place by the unilateral transfer of deoxyribonucleic acid. It includes transduction, transformation, and conjugation. The genetic exchange occurring between homologous deoxyribonucleic acid sequences (DNA) from two different sources is termed general recombination. For this to happen, an identical sequence of the two recombining molecules is required. The process of genetic exchange which occurs in eukaryotes during sexual reproduction such as meiosis is an example of this type of genetic recombination.
Microbial Genetics
Genes are the functional units of heredity. They transfer characteristic information from parents to the offspring.
![For each item, indicate if it is demonstrating vertical gene transfer or horizontal gene transfer:
E. coli cell undergoes binary fission to produce two daughter cells
Yeast cell buds [Select]
Select]
A plasmid is transferred from one bacterium to another [Select]
A phage shuttles DNA captured from one host cell into another cell, where it is incorporated into the
chromosomal DNA through homologous recombination [Select]
A Streptococcus cell takes up small fragments of DNA released from other dving Streptococci in the
environment and incorporates them into its chromosom
✓ [Select]
Horizontal
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Gene transfer is a important method in which genetic material is transferred between two organisms.
There are two methods of gene transfer :-
I) Horizontal gene transfer
II) Vertical gene transfer
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