Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT) in Prokaryotes

Which type of transduction involves the transfer of only genes located near the chromosomal integration site of the bacteriophage?

In bacterial transformation, what types of bacteria are known to be capable of transforming?

Which cells are able to take up naked DNA from the environment in the process of transformation?

What is the main difference between generalized and specialized transduction?

During which cycle does specialized transduction occur?

What limits the number of genes transferred in any one phage capsid during generalized transduction?

What is the primary mechanism of horizontal gene transfer involving the uptake of naked DNA from the environment?

In Griffith's Transformation Experiments, what happened when the heat-killed S strain was combined with the live R strain?

Which mechanism of horizontal gene transfer involves the use of a hollow tube called a conjugation pilus to transfer genes between cells?

What is the process by which genes are transferred between cells by a virus (bacteriophage)?

Which term describes the uptake of naked DNA from the environment by a cell?

In specialized transduction, what type of genes are packaged into the viral capsid during the transduction process?

Which type of mutation results in the addition of one or more nucleotides?

What type of mutation involves the movement of a sequence fragment from one place to another?

Which class of mutation results in the restoration of a mutated sequence to its original form?

What occurs in a frameshift mutation?

Which type of mutation does not change the amino acid sequence of the translated ORF?

In which type of mutation does a point mutation change an amino acid codon to a stop codon?