What is transduction? (circle all that apply)

A. Griffith discovered this process by his experiments with pneumococci.

B. Infecting bacteriophage carry a piece of DNA from one cell to another.

C. Cell-to-cell contact is required through the formation of a sex pilus.

D. A cell must be competent in order for transduction to occur.

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Biology

Brian Roth

10 July, 10:45

What is transduction? (circle all that apply)

A. Griffith discovered this process by his experiments with pneumococci.

B. Infecting bacteriophage carry a piece of DNA from one cell to another.

C. Cell-to-cell contact is required through the formation of a sex pilus.

D. A cell must be competent in order for transduction to occur.

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Lilah Campos · Answer 1

The correct answer will be option - B.

Explanation:

The Transduction is the process of the genetic transfer by which the foreign DNA is incorporated in the genome of the cell using virus or bacteriophage. The process of transduction was discovered by the Zinder and Lederberg in 1952 in the species of Salmonella bacteria. The transduction process is of two types: generalized and specialized transduction.

Thus, option - B is the correct answer.