When a Bacterial Cell with a Chromosome- Borne F Factor

question 7

Multiple Choice

When a bacterial cell with a chromosome- borne F factor conjugates with another bacterium,how is the transmitted donor DNA incorporated into the recipient's genome?

• A)It is substituted for the equivalent portion of the recipient's chromosome by the process of crossing over.
• B)It circularizes and becomes one of the recipient cell's plasmids.
• C)The donor and recipient DNA are both chopped into segments by restriction enzymes,and a new,composite chromosome is assembled from the fragments.
• D)The genes on the donor DNA of which the recipient does not have a copy are added to the recipient chromosome; the remainder of the donor DNA is degraded.

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