Transduction

Transduction is a mechanism whereby genetic material may be transferred from the genes of a bacterium to another bacterium. This may include the actual covalent-bonding of new genetic markers. Other meanings of transduction apply to physics, physiology, machine learning and psychology.

More specifically, Transduction may refer to:

• Transduction (biophysics), the conveyance of energy from a donor electron to a receptor electron, during which the class of energy changes
• Transduction (genetics), the transfer of viral, bacterial, or both bacterial and viral DNA from one cell to another using a bacteriophage vector. The transfer can take place at any DNA marker. Specialized transduction works similarly to transduction, but is limited to specific locations in the DNA sequence.
• Transduction (machine learning), the process of directly drawing conclusions about new data from previous data, without constructing a model
• Transduction (physiology), the transportation of stimuli to the nervous system
• Transduction (psychology), reasoning from specific cases to general cases, typically employed by children during their development
• Signal transduction, any process by which a biological cell converts one kind of signal or stimulus into another
• A process by which a transducer converts one type of energy to another