Cotransduction


[koh-trans-duhk-shuh n, -tranz-] /ˌkoʊ trænsˈdʌk ʃən, -trænz-/

noun, Genetics.
1.
the process by which two genetic markers are simultaneously packaged within a bacteriophage for transfer to a new host bacterium.

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