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cotransduction

cotransduction noun: the simultaneous transduction of multiple genes, especially of two bacterial marker genes.

Noun

cotransduction (countable and uncountable, plural cotransductions)

  1. The simultaneous transduction of multiple genes, especially of two bacterial marker genes

Forms of cotransduction

pluralcotransductions

Origin of cotransduction

From co- + transduction.

Questions about cotransduction

What does cotransduction mean?
Cotransduction means the simultaneous transduction of multiple genes, especially of two bacterial marker genes.
What part of speech is cotransduction?
Cotransduction is a noun.
What is the plural of cotransduction?
The plural of cotransduction is cotransductions.

Words near cotransduction in the dictionary

  1. cotransduces
  2. cotransducible
  3. cotransducing
  4. cotransductant
  5. cotransductants
  6. cotransduction
  7. cotransductions
  8. cotransfect
  9. cotransfectant
  10. cotransfectants
  11. cotransfected

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