recombination
Recombination refers to the process where genetic material, usually DNA, from two different individuals combines to form a new combination of genes in their offspring.
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- conjugation
- cross-breeding
- evolutionary implications of recombination
- fusion reactions
- genetic recombination
- genomic rearrangements
- homologous recombination
- hybridization
- recombination hotspots
- recombinational repair
- reproduction
- sexual reproduction
- site-specific recombination
- transduction
- translocation mutation