In a high-frequency recombination (Hfr) cross with an $F^-$ bacterial cell, each having a single DNA molecule, what is the most likely outcome?

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The donor cell, which transfers part of one of the two strands of its DNA, will duplicate any areas of single-stranded DNA and so will not change genotype, including its "maleness." Only a portion of the integrated fertility factor and some bacterial genes on that strand of DNA will be transferred, so the recipient cell may pick up some new bacterial genes. But because the last thing to be transferred would be the rest of the fertility factor, the cell almost never becomes Hfr.

In a High-Frequency Recombination (Hfr) Cross with An F−F^-F− Bacterial Cell, Each Having a Single DNA Molecule, What Is

In a High-Frequency Recombination (Hfr) Cross with An $F^-$ Bacterial Cell, Each Having a Single DNA Molecule, What Is