In the 1920s,Frederick Griffith conducted an experiment in which he mixed the dead cells of a bacterial strain that can cause pneumonia with live cells of a bacterial strain that cannot.When he cultured the live cells,some of the daughter colonies proved able to cause pneumonia.Which of the following processes of bacterial DNA transfer does this experiment demonstrate?

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The experiment conducted by Frederick Griffith demonstrates the process of transformation in which the DNA from the dead bacterial cells (that can cause pneumonia) is taken up by the live bacterial cells (that cannot cause pneumonia) and is incorporated into their genome, making them capable of causing pneumonia. This transfer of genetic material through the uptake and incorporation of DNA from the environment is known as transformation.

In the 1920s,Frederick Griffith Conducted an Experiment in Which He