In matings between F' donors and recombination-deficient Hfr recipients, we isolated progeny which transferred both episomal markers and Hfr markers early and with high frequency. A number of these progeny had two integrated sex factors. Investigation of these double Hfr strains showed that the F' nearly always integrated in a homologous region of the chromosome. In any particular mating system integration was specific as to location and direction of chromosome transfer.
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