1. Bacteria
Chapter 27.2

2. What you need to know:
Mechanisms that contribute to genetic diversity in prokaryotes, including transformation, conjugation, transduction, and mutation.

3. Genetic Diversity in Prokaryotes
Factors:
Rapid reproduction (____________________________)
_____________ – errors in replication
Genetic ________________________

4. Genetic Recombination in Bacteria
Transformation: uptake of _________________ _______ from surroundings
Transduction: ____________ transfer genes between prokaryotes
Conjugation: DNA transferred from _________ to ____________________

5. Transformation Uptake of foreign DNA from surroundings
Observed by Griffith (bacteria & mice)

6. _______________ Small ring of DNA that carries a few genes
Replicates ______________________ from bacterial chromosome
Can carry genes for ___________________ resistance
Used frequently in genetic engineering for gene cloning

7. AP Bio Lab 6A - Transformation

8. Using plasmids and bacteria in genetic engineering

9. Gene Cloning

10. _______________
Viruses (__________________) carry bacterial genes from one host cell to another
Recombine DNA of donor and recipient cell

11. __________________ One cell _______________ DNA to another
Donors cell extends a _________________ (“mating bridge”) through which DNA is transferred
Requires the presence of a piece of DNA called the _______________to produce the pilus