cotransduction

[koh-trans-duhk-shuh n, -tranz-]

noun Genetics.

the process by which two genetic markers are simultaneously packaged within a bacteriophage for transfer to a new host bacterium.

Compare transduction.

Origin of cotransduction

co- + transduction

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