A) Conjugation
B) Transduction
C) Transformation
D) Sexduction
Correct Answer: C
Solution :
Transformation is a process by which free DNA is incorporated into a recipient bacterial cell and brings about genetic change. During the process of transformation, genes are transferred from one bacterium to another as naked DNA in solution. The first evidence of bacterial transformation was obtained by the British scientist Frederick Griffith in the late 1920s while working on Streptococcus pneumoniae (Pneumococcus). Hence, transformation is also referred to as Griffith effect.
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