Bacterial Plasmids n Small, circular, self-replicating DNA separate from the bacterial chromosome n F (fertility) Plasmid: codes for the production of sex pili (F+ or F-) n R (resistance) Plasmid: codes for antibiotic drug resistance n Transposons: transposable genetic element; piece of DNA that can move from location to another in a cells genome (chromosome to plasmid, plasmid to plasmid, etc.); jumping genes
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