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Question
Transfer of genetic material into a bacterial cell through a viral vector is known as ______.
Options
transformation
transduction
transfection
translation
Solution
Transfer of genetic material into a bacterial cell through a viral vector is known as transduction.
Explanation:
- The process of transfer of DNA from one bacterium to another with the help of a vector, that is, the virus, is called transduction.
- Transduction does not require physical contact between the cells to donate the DNA.
- In the transduction process, bacteriophage DNA gets incorporated into the bacterial genome and replicates with the bacterial genome.
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