Discussion
Transformation is
Answer: A
Correct answer: the transfer of genetic information through the agency of free DNA
Transformation is the uptake of naked DNA from the surroundings by a competent cell - the phenomenon Griffith observed in 1928 and Avery explained in 1944, and the one that identified DNA as the genetic material. The alternatives describe the other two mechanisms of bacterial gene transfer: transduction, by a bacteriophage, and conjugation, by cell-to-cell contact.
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