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| Nov 30, 2013 at 12:54 | comment | added | hello_there_andy | Ah cheers, wild thinking is the best.. hope I didn't sound like I was disagreeing - I genuinely am interested in whether conjugation is either: a mutual agreement, a "giving", a "taking" (stealing). If it is the mutual agreement, then your suggestion comes into play! that you can "compel" or persuade or trick the other bacterium into giving the "blueprints to their technology" (DNA) | |
| Nov 30, 2013 at 12:48 | comment | added | biogirl | Yes I accessed your website yesterday (got the link from your profile) and it definitely sounds amazing. Best luck ! | |
| Nov 30, 2013 at 12:46 | comment | added | hello_there_andy | I really need to finish that book (logs into amazon) but yes, if you are interested in the mind bending but beautiful collection of selfish elements you should read bit.ly/182xVzh, im working on research that uses HEGs to genetically engineer malarial mosquito populations! | |
| Nov 30, 2013 at 12:43 | comment | added | biogirl | The other link seems pretty cool ! And i understand that it is difficult to prove that the other bacteria "compells" the 1st one. But thinking wild things is my hobby :) | |
| Nov 30, 2013 at 12:42 | comment | added | biogirl | Oh yes..I think The alternative will definitely be advocated by Dawkins. And yes, I thought of that too and I have written that in the question and in the comments. (It isn't an original idea as I have read the selfish gene !) | |
| Nov 30, 2013 at 12:37 | comment | added | hello_there_andy | Check out the Homing Endonuclease Genes (HEGs) bit.ly/puyHda - HEGs literally make cuts in DNA and insert themselves into the genome. | |
| Nov 30, 2013 at 12:36 | comment | added | hello_there_andy | Awesome, well I have to say I know quite little about the mechanisms and mechanics of the conjugation process. But it would be interesting to know whether conjugation is "consensual". At least for transformation it is clear that there is no need for "compelling", the bacterium merely steals the DNA from the "corpse". A really interesting alternative answer is that the genes themselves are selfish genetic elements that can express some mechanism that allows them to infiltrate the bacterial genome. | |
| Nov 30, 2013 at 12:19 | comment | added | biogirl | I think I said in the comment prety much the same thing as the last para but with a slightly different perspective. | |
| Nov 30, 2013 at 10:28 | history | edited | hello_there_andy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 30, 2013 at 4:16 | comment | added | biogirl | An idea- What if the bacteria who is going to get the plasmid actually "compels" the other to give it the plasmid. We can think of it as "asking" by bacteria 2 rather than giving by bacteria 1. | |
| Nov 30, 2013 at 4:09 | vote | accept | biogirl | ||
| Nov 29, 2013 at 19:21 | history | edited | hello_there_andy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 29, 2013 at 19:08 | history | answered | hello_there_andy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |