The transfer of bacterial DNA by phages from an infected bacterium to another bacterium. This also refers to the transfer of genes into eukaryotic cells by viruses. This naturally occurring process is routinely employed as a GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUE.
    

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Genetic exchange in Salmonella / by Norton D. Zinder and Joshua Lederberg.

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