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(genetics) the process of transfering genetic material from one cell to another by a plasmid or bacteriophage
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transduction
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In physiology , sensory transduction is the conversion of a sensory stimulus from one form to another. Transduction in the nervous system typically refers to stimulus alerting events wherein a physical stimulus is converted into an action potential , which ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"act of leading or carrying over," 1650s, from Latin transductionem / traducionem (nominative transductio ) "a removal, transfer," noun of action from transducere / traducere (see traduce ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Transduction \Trans*duc"tion\, n. [L. transducere, traducere, -dictum, to lead across or over. See Traduce .] The act of conveying over. [R.] --Entick.
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n. (genetics) the process of transfering genetic material from one cell to another by a plasmid or bacteriophage the process whereby a transducer accepts energy in one form and gives back related energy in a different form; "the transduction of acoustic ...
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Or, to be more specific, I was overdetermined and in no mood for her style transduction of affect.
They not only share DNA among members of their own species, through conjugation and transduction, but they will encode DNA in plasmids and transposons and packet-mail it to other species.
Recent behavioral experiments using short but strong magnetic pulses in transduction of geomagnetic field information to the nervous system, and both behavioral and direct electrophysiological experiments indicate sensitivity thresholds to DC magnetic fields down to a few nT.
Or, to be more specific, I was overdetermined and in no mood for her style transduction of affect.
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