Merozygote

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'''Merozygote''' is a process that cell that is temporarily diploid as result of transfer process One example of how merozygotes can be formed is the transfer of genetic material during an HFR transformation. In HFR transformation, an F+ prokaryote transfers its F-factor into an Hfr cell. This F-factor plasmid is incorporated into Hfr DNA. When Hfr mates with an F- cell, the chromosome acts as a rolling circle transferring information across a sex pilus. The F-factor is the last thing on the circle and often isn't transferred to the F- cell, so it remains an F- cell, but has all the extra genetic information from the transferred Hfr chromosome. {{biology-stub}}