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lateral gene transfer

lateral gene transfer noun: horizontal gene transfer.

Noun

lateral gene transfer (countable and uncountable, plural lateral gene transfers, abbreviation LGT)

  1. Horizontal gene transfer.

Forms of lateral gene transfer

plurallateral gene transfers
abbreviationLGT

Questions about lateral gene transfer

What does lateral gene transfer mean?
Lateral gene transfer means horizontal gene transfer.
What part of speech is lateral gene transfer?
Lateral gene transfer is a noun.
What is the plural of lateral gene transfer?
The plural of lateral gene transfer is lateral gene transfers.

Words near lateral gene transfer in the dictionary

  1. lateral cuneiform bones
  2. lateral flow test
  3. lateral flow tests
  4. lateral fricative
  5. lateral fricatives
  6. lateral gene transfer
  7. lateral gene transfers
  8. lateral geniculate nucleus
  9. lateral hood
  10. lateral hoods
  11. lateral line

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