Horizontal gene transfer in plants/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Horizontal gene transfer in plants.

Any process in which an organism transfers genetic material (i.e. DNA) to another cell that is not its cellular offspring, as distinct from vertical gene transfer where genes are inherited from parents or ancestors in a lineage of cellular organisms.

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