Genetics: Analysis and Principles
Genetics: Analysis and Principles
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Chapter 18, Problem 10EQ

This question combines your knowledge of bacterial conjugation (described in Chapter 7) and the genetic regulation that directs the phage λ

reproductive cycles. When researchers mix donor Hfr strains with recipient F

bacteria that are lysogenic for phag λ , the conjugated cells survive normally. However, if donor Hfr strains that are lysogenic for phage λ

conjugate with recipient F

bacteria that do not contain any phag λ , the recipient cells often lyse, due to the induction of λ

into the lytic cycle. Based on your knowledge of the regulation of the two reproductive cycles of phage λ , explain this experimental observation.

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