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When a bacteriophage, in its lytic phase, carries some of the bacterium partially digested chromosome with it to another host cell, the process is called.

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generalised transduction
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conjugation
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transformation
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specialised transduction
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Solution

The correct option is A generalised transduction
Transduction is the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another cell by a bacteriophage. The bacteriophage containing the bacterial DNA is called transduced DNA. A DNA fragment is transferred from one bacterium to another by a lytic bacteriophage which carries donor bacterial DNA.
So, the correct answer is 'Generalised transduction'.

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