Abortive transformation

The abortive transformation is a transformation of cells, which are unstable. A few generations after transformation the cells revert to normal.{{cite book|last=Mahy|first=Brian W. J.|title=A Dictionary of Virology|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviro0000mahy|url-access=registration|year=2001|publisher=Academic Press|location=San Diego, CA [u.a.]|isbn=978-0-12-465327-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviro0000mahy/page/2 2]|edition=3rd}}

This process has been visualized in species such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae, where abortive transformants become formed during homologous recombination.{{cite journal |last1=Yap |first1=WY |last2=Schiestl |first2=RH |title=Nature of abortive transformation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae |journal=Current Genetics |date=November 1995 |volume=28 |issue=6 |pages=517–20 |pmid=8593681 |doi=10.1007/BF00518163 |s2cid=20521224 }}