The mechanism by which genes are transferred into bacteria via viruses is called
A)ellipsis.
B)replica plating.
C)transformation.
D)transduction.
E)conjugation.

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The mechanism by which genes are transferred into bacteria via viruses is called transduction. Transduction is a type of genetic exchange in which a virus (bacteriophage) transfers genetic material from one bacterium to another. The bacteriophage infects a bacterium, replicates within it, and eventually releases new virus particles, some of which may contain a piece of bacterial DNA. When the virus infects a new bacterium, it can transfer this DNA, which can then be expressed by the recipient bacterium.

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