If the att site of Escherichia coli was dissimilar to that of lambda phage due to a mutation, how would transduction be affected?
A. Phage DNA would be unable to integrate into host DNA.
B. Lambda phage would be unable to package host DNA.
C. Transduction would not be affected since mutation is only in the host cell.
D. Specialized transduction would become generalized.
Answer: A
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