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Give an example of micro organisms that have transforming ability.
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Answer
A bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens has T-DNA in its Ti-plasmid which is able to transform normal plant cells to tumour cell and cause crown gall tumours in plants.
In animals retroviruses have this ability.
In animals retroviruses have this ability.
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