Definition for Difference between revisions of "Transformation"
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| − | A type of genetic transfer between bacteria in which a segment of DNA from the environment is taken up by a competent cell and incorporated into the bacterial chromosome. | + | A type of genetic transfer between bacteria in which a segment of DNA from the environment is taken up by a competent cell and incorporated into the bacterial chromosome. Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty were the first to discover that DNA was the substance that causes bacterial transformation. |
Latest revision as of 17:59, 9 February 2011
A type of genetic transfer between bacteria in which a segment of DNA from the environment is taken up by a competent cell and incorporated into the bacterial chromosome. Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty were the first to discover that DNA was the substance that causes bacterial transformation.