Compare and contrast generalized transduction with specialized transduction

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Transduction as a whole is the transfer of genetic information from one cell to another mediated by a virus. Generalized transduction allows for any portion of a cell's genome to be transferred, but this process occurs at a very low frequency (roughly 10-6 to 10-8). Specialized transduction transfers only genetic material adjacent to the integrated phage (prophage), however its transfer efficiency is much higher than in generalized transduction.

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