How Genes Move Within and Across Generations

Genetic transfer is the movement of genetic information from one organism to another. It happens in two main ways: vertical gene transfer and horizontal gene transfer. Vertical gene transfer moves genes from one generation to the next. It is much more common than horizontal gene transfer.

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Genetic transfer occurs when genetic information is transferred from one organism to another. 

There are two types of genetic transfer: vertical and horizontal. 

Vertical gene transfer, the most common of the two, is the transmission of genetic information from one generation to the next. 

Vertical gene transfer occurs in se...