Abstract
THE occurrence of genetic recombination in V. cholerae, revealed by crosses between double auxotrophic mutants of strain 162, was mediated by a fertility factor—designated the P factor—which could be infectively transmitted from strain to strain by conjugation1. P + strains (possessing the fertility factor) gave rise to recombinants when crossed with P − strains (devoid of the fertility factor).
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BHASKARAN, K., IYER, S. Genetic Recombination in Vibrio cholerae . Nature 189, 1030–1031 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1891030a0
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