Online Video Worksheet
Bacterial Reproduction & Exchanges of Genetic Material (9:04)
Craig Savage
1. Binary Fission
A. Define:
B. Before the cell divides into two daughter cells, what has to be copied?
C. Is this asexual or sexual reproduction?
D. Are the daughter cells identical (baring mutation during DNA replication)?
2. Conjugation
A. Define conjugation:
B. What is a ‘plasmid’?
C. Is conjugation a form of reproduction? Why or why not?
D. Is the entire plasmid always transferred?
E. Does conjugation create genetic diversity in a bacterial population?
3. Transformation
A. Define transformation:
B. Is transformation a form of reproduction? Why or why not?
C. When the cells that are transformed divide, will their daughter cells contain the new DNA
too?
4. Transduction
A. Define transduction:
B. When these bacterial viruses infect a bacterial cell, the viral DNA is ….
C. At some point, the viral DNA will be excised from the bacterial DNA and new viruses will be
formed. Is it possible for some of the host bacterial DNA to be inserted into the new viruses?
D. Is transformation a form of reproduction? Why or why not?