This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: general microbiology, Subject name: Microbiology
Virus mediated transfer of host DNA from one cell to another is known as - 
Select and explain. 
A. Transformation, B. Conjugation, C. Transduction, D. None
C: Transduction
Answer: C: Transduction 
Explanation: TRANSDUCTION: the trannsfer of a poion of the DNA from one bacterium to another by a abactriophage is known as transduction . Bacteriophages are viruses that parasitise the bacteria and consist of a nucleic acid core and a protein coat. A phage paicle may have its core beside its own nucleic acid a segment of host DNA . When this paicle infects another bacterium DNA transfer is effected and the recepient cells acquire new characteristic coded by the donor DNA REF:Ananthanarayan and Panicker's Textbook ofMicrobiology 8thEdition pg no:63