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The process where a virus takes a segment of DNA from one bacterial cell and inserts it in another bacterial cell is known as

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The process is called transduction
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Transduction= is the process in which certain phages pick up a piece of DNA from one bacterial cell and inject it into another where it is incorporated into the cells chromosomes
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