noun
transduction
Technical term in genetics and molecular biology for the transfer of genetic material from one bacterium to another via a bacteriophage.
形質導入は、バクテリオファージを介した遺伝子の水平伝播の一形態である。
Transduction is a form of horizontal gene transfer mediated by bacteriophages.
形質転換 (transformation) refers to the uptake of free DNA from the environment, while 形質導入 involves transfer via a virus.
Compound of 形質 (けいしつ, 'trait' or 'character') and 導入 (どうにゅう, 'introduction'), calqued from English 'transduction'.