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The Search for Genetic Material

Question

Virus-mediated transfer of DNA from one bacterium to another is called

Easy

A

transduction
B

transformation
C

transversion
D

translation

Solution

When a bacteriophage transfers of genetic material from one bacterium (Donor cell) to another bacterium (receptor cell) it is called transduction. It is discovered by Zinder & Lederberg (1952) in Salmonella typhimurium.

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