DNA transfer by transduction depends on what occasional mistake that can occur during a phage lytic cycle?
A) A piece of host cell DNA is packaged into a phage.
B) A host cell protein is incorporated into a phage.
C) The host cell undergoes lysis before any new phages are produced.
D) The phage and bacterial genome fragments recombine.

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During a phage lytic cycle, a piece of host cell DNA may occasionally be packaged into a phage rather than the phage genome. This is called transduction, and when the phage infects a new host cell, it can transfer the host cell DNA to the new host's genome.

DNA Transfer by Transduction Depends on What Occasional Mistake That