Use the drop-down menus to answer the questions about genetic recombination. involves the transfer of genetic material from one bacteria to another. involves scraps of genetic material. uses a virus to transmit genetic material. uses a pilus to transmit genetic information. introduces new genetic material to a bacterium.

-conjunction

-transformation

-transduction

-genetic recombination (all 3)

The right matches are:

• Involves the transfer of genetic material from one bacteria to another = => Genetic recombination (all 3).

• Involves scraps of genetic material = => Transformation.

• Uses a virus to transmit genetic material = => Transduction.

• Uses a pilus to transmit genetic information = => Conjugation.

• Introduces new genetic material to a bacterium = => Genetic recombination (all 3).

In molecular biology the term genetic recombination is often used as a synonym for DNA recombination, that is, the processes by which one DNA (or RNA) molecule is cut off, then joined to another.

There are three possible mechanisms in the bacterium: bacterial conjugation, bacterial transformation and transduction.