asexual conjugation

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Genetics

  • union of 2 unicellular organisms (prokaryotes, protozoa?) followed by partion of the chromatin & formation of 2 new cells
  • transfer of plasmid genes between bacteria through specialized pili

More general terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999