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What is a transformation in bacteria?

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In molecular biology, transformation is the genetic alteration of a cell resulting from the direct uptake and incorporation of exogenous genetic material (exogenous DNA) from its surroundings through the cell membrane(s). Transformation occurs naturally in some species of bacteria, but it can also be effected by artificial means in other cells

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a change in genotype and phenotype due to the assimilation of external DNA into a cell

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Bacterial transformation is the process where bacterial cells take up foreign DNA molecules. This DNA is then integrated into the genome of the bacterial cells.

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