Relating to or characterized by conjugation; capable of undergoing or causing conjugation.
From conjugate + -ive adjective suffix. This technical adjective describes things that participate in or relate to conjugation processes.
In microbiology, 'conjugative plasmids' are special loops of DNA that bacteria use to transfer genes to each other—they're like tiny biological packages of genetic instructions!
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