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Transduction vs Retransduction - What's the difference?

transduction | retransduction |

As nouns the difference between transduction and retransduction

is that transduction is the transfer of genetic material from one bacterial cell to another by a bacteriophage or plasmid while retransduction is a second or subsequent transduction.

transduction

English

Noun

  • (biology) The transfer of genetic material from one bacterial cell to another by a bacteriophage or plasmid
  • The process whereby a transducer converts energy from one form to another
  • (physiology) The conversion of a stimulus from one form to another
  • (physics) The conversion of energy (especially light energy) into another form, especially in a biological process such as photosynthesis or in a transducer
  • (logic) A form of inference involving reasoning from one specific case to another (compare induction)

    • retransduction

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A second or subsequent transduction