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Q. Significance of "heat shock" method in bacterial transformation is to facilitate

Biotechnology : Principles and Processes

Solution:

Heat shock method in presence of a bivalent cation like $Ca^{+2}$ creates transient pores in the cell wall allowing the uptake of foreign DNA present in the medium.
So, the correct answer is 'Uptake of DNA through transient pores in the bacterial cell membrane'