by Ciro Santilli (@cirosantilli, 37)
Current Wikipedia seems to say that this refers specifically to cells taking up DNA from other dead cells as in the Avery-MacLeod-McCarty experiment, excluding other types of horizontal gene transfer like bacterial conjugation
The term is sometimes just used a synonym for horizontal gene transfer in general it seems however.

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