This process occurs in three main ways: The final result of conjugation, transduction, and/or transformation is the production of genetic recombinants, individuals that carry not only the genes they inherited from their parent cells but also the genes introduced to their genomes by conjugation, transduction, and/or transformation.
[10] In some cases, the DNA repair capability provided by recombination during transformation facilitates survival of the infecting bacterial pathogen.
[11] Today, genetic exchange, or gene transfer is viewed as a major driving force in the evolution of prokaryotes.
This clonal nature leads to random mutations that occur during DNA replication that potentially helps bacteria evolve.
The paternal and maternal paired chromosomes will align in order for the DNA sequences to undergo the process of crossing over.
[19] The neighboring cells absorb the F-plasmid (fertility plasmid: inherited material that is present in the chromosome).
involves the base pairs of the homologous DNA strands to continuously be interchanged at a Holliday junction.
[21] The RecBCD pathway undergoes helicase activity by unzipping the DNA duplex and stops when the nucleotide sequence reaches 5′-GCTGGTGG-3′.