Question

Transfer of genetic material into a bacterial cell through a viral vector is known as ______.

Options

• transformation

• transduction

• transfection  

• translation

Answer 1

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.