MCAT Question of the Day
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    Q:

    		 A researcher wants to insert a series of genes too large to be practically transferred by a plasmid. The researcher places them into a viral capsid and infects a bacterium with the virus. This method of gene transfer is known as:
    		 

    A

    		 transformation

    B

    		 transduction

    C

    		 conjugation

    D

    		 vertical gene transfer



    Prokaryotes | Viruses |
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