Transduction in bacteria was discovered by

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Transduction in bacteria was discovered by (A) Zinder and Lederberg (B) Herelle and Twort (C) Wallace and Jacob (D) Lederberg and Tatum

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Transduction was first of all reported by N D Zinder and Lederberg (1952) in bacteria Salmonella typhimurium. In this process, DNA of a bacterial cell is transferred into another bacterial cell through bacteriophage a kind of virus, which is parasitic upon bacteria.

Q. Transduction in bacteria was discovered by

Zinder and Lederberg

Herelle and Twort

Wallace and Jacob

Lederberg and Tatum

Transduction was first of all reported by N D Zinder and Lederberg $(1952)$ in bacteria Salmonella typhimurium. In this process, DNA of a bacterial cell is transferred into another bacterial cell through bacteriophage a kind of virus, which is parasitic upon bacteria.