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Genética 2009 - 2010
Genética 2009 - 2010
2009 - 2010
TP – A. Correia
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=genome
Small genomes - dimensions
Saccharomyces cerevisiae 12 Mb
Small genomes - complexity
The two chromosomes of
Vibrio cholerae
Genome complexity in prokaryotes
9 Circular plasmids 12 Linear plasmids
9,4 kb 5,0 kb 16,8 kb 18,8 kb 24,1 kb
29,8 kb 30,7 kb 30,2 kb 30,3 kb
26,9 kb 29,7 kb 28,6 kb
27,3 kb 36,8 kb
Linear chromosome of aprox. 900 kb
Borrelia genome
Bacterial cell division
Bacterial cell
clone
colony
Bacterial chromosome
Bacterial chromosome
Bacterial
chromosome
penR
Phenotype: penicillin resistant
plasmid
conjugation
free DNA
transformation
Bacterial transformation
Homologous recombination
X X
Transformation
Transformation
Gram +
Gram -
Generalized transduction
Transduction
Specialized transduction
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072556781/student_view0/chapter17/animation_quiz_3.html
Transduction
Processes of gene exchange in bacteria