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Natural horizontal gene transfer

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-018280

The transmission of genetic information between organisms, related or unrelated, circumventing parent-to-offspring transmission. This may lead to a permanent change of the organism's genetic composition (Transformation, Genetic).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-018280
FieldEnvironment
SubjectNatural environments
ReferencesNational Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-018280",
  "term": "Natural horizontal gene transfer",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Natural Horizontal Gene Transfer",
  "definition": "The transmission of genetic information between organisms, related or unrelated, circumventing parent-to-offspring transmission. This may lead to a permanent change of the organism's genetic composition (Transformation, Genetic).",
  "subject": "Natural environments",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/natural-horizontal-gene-transfer/"
}

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