How does specialized transduction differ from regular transduction?
A) The prophage is not excised during specialized transduction.
B) The resulting bacteriophage from specialized transduction does not contain any viral DNA.
C) The resulting bacteriophage from specialized transduction cannot infect a new host cell.
D) The prophage in specialized transduction carries with it pieces of the host chromosomal DNA.

Question

How does specialized transduction differ from regular transduction? 
 A) The prophage is not excised during specialized transduction. 
 B) The resulting bacteriophage from specialized transduction does not contain any viral DNA. 
 C) The resulting bacteriophage from specialized transduction cannot infect a new host cell. 
 D) The prophage in specialized transduction carries with it pieces of the host chromosomal DNA.

Sourav Pan · Answer

D) The prophage in specialized transduction carries with it pieces of the host chromosomal DNA: In specialized transduction, the prophage incorporates pieces of the host DNA into the new bacteriophage.

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