If bacterial conjugation is allowed to take place for more than an hour, then two different genes (A and B) are transferred together.Even if conjugation occurs for only a few minutes, both A and B or neither of the genes is conjugated.It's only when conjugation takes place for only a few seconds that you see instances of only one of the genes being transferred.Most likely, genes A and B
A) are involved in the same metabolic pathway.
B) are close together on the bacterial chromosome.
C) are far apart on the bacterial chromosome.
D) exhibit epistasis.
E) are codominant.

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If genes A and B are close together on the bacterial chromosome, they are more likely to be transferred together during conjugation, especially if conjugation lasts for a longer period of time. If they are far apart on the chromosome, the chances of both genes being transferred together decrease.

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