Microbiology: An Introduction
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780321929150
Author: Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 10MCQ
Which of the following is not a method of horizontal gene transfers?
- a. binary fission
- b. conjugation
- c. integration of a transposon
- d. transduction
- e. transformation
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