What is the correct order for the steps in transduction?
A) (1) Phage infects cell. (2) Phage transported DNA recombines with chromosome of new cell. (3) Host DNA digested into fragments. (4) Some phage accidentally carry host DNA fragment. (5) Phage infects new cell.
B) (1) Phage infects cell. (2) Phage transported DNA recombines with chromosome of new cell. (3) Host DNA digested into fragments. (4) Phage infects new cell. (5) Some phage accidentally carry host DNA fragment.
C) (1) Phage infects cell. (2) Host DNA digested into fragments. (3) Some phage accidentally carry host DNA fragment. (4) Phage infects new cell. (5) Phage transported DNA recombines with chromosome of new cell.
D) (1) Phage infects cell. (2) Phage transported DNA recombines with chromosome of new cell. (3) Some phage accidentally carry host DNA fragment. (4) Phage infects new cell. (5) Host DNA digested into fragments.

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Transduction involves a bacteriophage (phage) infecting a bacterial cell and integrating its DNA into the host's DNA. The correct sequence starts with the phage infecting the cell, followed by the digestion of the host's DNA into fragments. Some of these fragments can be mistakenly packaged into new phage particles. When these phages infect new cells, the DNA they carry can recombine with the new host's chromosome, completing the process of transduction.

What Is the Correct Order for the Steps in Transduction