Given below are two statements.
Statement I : During transformation, in order to force bacteria to take up the plasmid, the bacterial cell must first be made ‘competent’ to take up the foreign DNA.
Statement II : Bacteria is made competent by treating them with a specific concentration of divalent cations such as calcium(Ca2+).
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

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Both statements I and statement II are correct.

Statement I is incorrect, but statement II is correct.

Both statement I and statement II are incorrect.

Statement I is correct, but statement II is incorrect.

answer is A.

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During transformation, in order to force bacteria to take up the plasmid, the bacterial cell must first be made ‘competent’ to take up DNA. Bacteria are made competent by treating them with a specific concentration of a divalent cation such as calcium.

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