In 1928, Frederick Griffith showed that the exogenous hereditary material can be made to enter into a bacteria through a process called
A
transformation
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B
translation
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C
transduction
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D
transcription
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Solution
The correct option is A transformation In 1928, Frederick Griffith showed that the exogenous hereditary material can be made to enter into a bacteria through a process called transformation.
Transformation is the genetic alteration of a cell that happens as a result of direct uptake and incorporation of genetic material from the surroundings through the cell membrane.
Transduction is the process by which DNA is transferred from one bacterium to another by a virus.
Transcription is the process of synthesis of RNA from a template DNA strand
Translation is the process of synthesizing a polypeptide chain(protein) by translating the information stored in the mRNA.