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Biology — Horizontal Gene Transfer

Three routes by which bacteria share genes.

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{
  "elements":[
    {"data":{"id":"donor","label":"Donor bacterium"}},
    {"data":{"id":"transformation","label":"Transformation (free DNA)"}},
    {"data":{"id":"conjugation","label":"Conjugation (pilus, plasmid)"}},
    {"data":{"id":"transduction","label":"Transduction (phage)"}},
    {"data":{"id":"recipient","label":"Recipient bacterium"}},
    {"data":{"id":"new","label":"New genes (e.g. resistance)"}},
    {"data":{"source":"donor","target":"transformation"}},
    {"data":{"source":"donor","target":"conjugation"}},
    {"data":{"source":"donor","target":"transduction"}},
    {"data":{"source":"transformation","target":"recipient"}},
    {"data":{"source":"conjugation","target":"recipient"}},
    {"data":{"source":"transduction","target":"recipient"}},
    {"data":{"source":"recipient","target":"new"}}
  ],
  "layout":{"name":"breadthfirst","directed":true}
}