Which of the following statements about generalized transduction is false?
A. Generalized transduction always involves lytic phage.
B. "Headfull" packaging always places only phage DNA into the phage head during phage packaging in generalized transduction.
C. Generalized transduction can be used to map bacterial genes.
D. Two recombination events are necessary to integrate the transferred DNA during generalized transduction.
E. Genes that are close together on the bacterial chromosome will have a relatively large cotransduction frequency.
Answer: B
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