Suppose one strain of bacteria has genes EFGhijk and another strain has efgHIJK.After these two strains have been in contact for a while, you find some bacteria that are efghijk.What is the most plausible explanation for this occurrence?

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Conjugation is the transfer of genetic material between bacterial cells using a pilus. It is the most plausible explanation for the presence of the efghijk genes in the new bacteria, as they could have acquired the genes through conjugation with either one of the original strains. Pleiotropy, mutation, and penetrance are not applicable in this scenario, and meiosis is a process that occurs in eukaryotic cells during sexual reproduction, not in bacteria.

Suppose One Strain of Bacteria Has Genes EFGhijk and Another