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F-prime transfer and multiplication of sexduced cells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

P. G. de Haan  and
A. H. Stouthamer
P. G. de Haan
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Microbiology, State University, Utrecht, Holland
A. H. Stouthamer
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Microbiology, State University, Utrecht, Holland
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A variable delay among mating pairs in the time between contact formation and the initiation of F transfer was found. The conjugation process has no effect on the multiplication of the recipient cell.

In liquid medium newly infecting F-particles multiply faster than the host cell.

The experiment strongly suggests that the number of episomes per cell is small and that the distribution of the F-factor among the daughter cells is non-random.

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Research Article
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Genetics Research , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , February 1963 , pp. 30 - 41
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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