Vertical and Horizontal Gene Transfer

Genetic transfer between organisms happens in two main ways: vertical gene transfer and horizontal gene transfer. These two routes explain how hereditary material moves from one generation to the next or between organisms that are not parent and offspring.

Vertical gene transfer passes genes from...

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...