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(biology) The hypothesis that microorganisms may transmit life from outer space to habitable bodies; or the process of such transmission..
Lederberg's ideas were tinged with Cold War paranoia. In his hands, panspermia came to resemble horizontal gene transfer on a cosmic scale.
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Panspermia means (biology) The hypothesis that microorganisms may transmit life from outer space to habitable bodies; or the process of such transmission..
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Lederberg's ideas were tinged with Cold War paranoia. In his hands, panspermia came to resemble horizontal gene transfer on a cosmic scale.
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