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Conjugation in E

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Conjugation in E. coli is controlled by an episome called the F factor. Cells containing F (F+ cells) are donors during gene transfer; cells lacking F (F- cells) are recipients. Hfr cells possess F integrated into the bacterial chromosome; they donate DNA to F- cells at a high frequency. F' cells contain a copy of F with some bacterial genes
-Conjugation between an F+ and an F- cell usually results in


A) two F+ cells.
B) an F+ and an F- cell.
C) an Hfr cell and an F+ cell

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