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noun (genetics) the process of transfering genetic material from one cell to another by a plasmid or bacteriophage
noun the process whereby a transducer accepts energy in one form and gives back related energy in a different form
origin1650s, Latin transductionem, form of Latin trānsdūcō (“lead across”). By surface analysis, transduce + -tion.
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