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When a virus or bacterium is used to transfer a piece of foreign dna to host cell it’s known as a

A. Vector
B.transgenic
C.clone
D. Hybrid

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It would be b transgenic
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it is known as B. Transduction occurs when foreign DNA or RNA is introduced into bacterial or eukaryotic cells via a virus or viral vector. One example are bacteriophages that attach to bacterial membranes and inject their genetic material into the cell.
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