Processes that increase bacterial genetic diversity are often implicated in the development of antibiotic resistance. Match the following descriptions of how bacterial cells might become resistant to an antibiotic with the most appropriate genetic process.
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Using your knowledge of DNA recombination events, propose two ways in which antibiotic resistance may develop in a bacterium. Describe how bacterial cells acquire the ability to produce toxins. Use the following terminology in your answer: recombination, DNA, horizontal gene transfer, conjugation, transformation, transduction, pilus, F factor, transposable elements, transposons, pathogenicity islands.
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