The process of transfer of genetic material (DNA) of one bacterium to the other bacterium with the help of bacteriophage is called

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The process of transfer of genetic material (DNA) of one bacterium to the other bacterium with the help of bacteriophage is called (A) translation (B) transduction (C) transformation (D) conjugation.

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Transduction, discovered by Zinder and Lederberg in 1952, in Salmonella hjphimurium is a method of genetic recombination in which genetic material is transferred from one bacterium (the donor) to another bacterium (the recipient) by a bacterial virus called a bacteriophage.

Q. The process of transfer of genetic material (DNA) of one bacterium to the other bacterium with the help of bacteriophage is called

translation

transduction

transformation

conjugation.

Transduction, discovered by Zinder and Lederberg in 1952, in Salmonella hjphimurium is a method of genetic recombination in which genetic material is transferred from one bacterium (the donor) to another bacterium (the recipient) by a bacterial virus called a bacteriophage.