In Griffith's Experiments with Streptococcus Pneumoniae, Rough Nonencapsulated Streptococci Were

question 57

Multiple Choice

In Griffith's experiments with Streptococcus pneumoniae, rough nonencapsulated Streptococci were converted into smooth encapsulated Streptococci in the presence of the heat-killed smooth encapsulated Streptococci.What is the term that describes this process?

• A)transduction
• B)conjugation
• C)transformation
• D)cloning

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Definitions:

Response

A reaction to a specific stimulus or situation, which can be psychological, physiological, or behavioral.

Delay

The act of postponing or holding off an event, action, or operation.

Avoidance Conditioning

A learning process in which an individual learns to prevent the occurrence of a negative or unpleasant outcome.

Classical Conditioning

An instructive procedure where two stimuli are regularly associated, causing a response at first provoked by the second stimulus to later be provoked by the first stimulus exclusively.