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How do bacteria reproduce?

Options

  1. ABy fission only
  2. BBy producing spores only
  3. CBy a primitive type of DNA transfer only
  4. DBy fission, producing spores, and a primitive type of DNA transfer

Correct answer

D. By fission, producing spores, and a primitive type of DNA transfer

Step-by-step solution

Bacteria reproduce mainly by fission. Sometimes, under unfavourable conditions,they produce spores. They also reproduce by a sort of sexual reproduction by adopting a primitive type of DNA transfer from one bacterium to the other.

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