Study Guide for Campbell Biology
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ISBN: 9780134443775
Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece, Martha R. Taylor, Michael A. Pollock
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Chapter 28, Problem 6TYK
- a. a micronucleus replicates its genome many times and becomes a macronucleus.
- b. micronuclei are exchanged in conjugation.
- c. mutations occur in the many copies of the genome contained in the macronucleus and are passed on to offspring.
- d. plasmids are exchanged in conjugation.
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