conjugation

id: GO:0000746
name: conjugation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The union or introduction of genetic information from compatible mating types that results in a genetically different individual. Conjugation requires direct cellular contact between the organisms.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0000747conjugation with cellular fusion
GO:0000748conjugation with mutual genetic exchange
GO:0009291unidirectional conjugation

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0051704multi-organism process