Genetic Recombination
Recombination is crucial to this process because it allows genes to be reassorted into diverse combinations. Genetic recombination is the process of combining genetic components from two different origins into a single unit. In prokaryotes, genetic recombination takes place by the unilateral transfer of deoxyribonucleic acid. It includes transduction, transformation, and conjugation. The genetic exchange occurring between homologous deoxyribonucleic acid sequences (DNA) from two different sources is termed general recombination. For this to happen, an identical sequence of the two recombining molecules is required. The process of genetic exchange which occurs in eukaryotes during sexual reproduction such as meiosis is an example of this type of genetic recombination.
Microbial Genetics
Genes are the functional units of heredity. They transfer characteristic information from parents to the offspring.
For a given bacterial cell, binary fission occurred before chromosomal
Binary fission
Binary fission can be described as the biological process which generates a new cell from a pre-existing cell using fission.
It is the mode of asexual reproduction in bacteria and archaea.
In the case of binary fission, all the cell components distribute evenly to the new cell.
Cells produced from this process have the same cell size and growth rate.
The DNA molecule replicates first during the fission. Then each DNA copy travels far from each other and separated during the fission process.
Now, each cell posses an exact copy of the DNA.
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