Which process could have allowed the nucleomorphs of chlorarachniophytes to be reduced, without the net loss of any genetic information?
A) conjugation
B) horizontal gene transfer
C) binary fission
D) phagocytosis
E) meiosis

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Horizontal gene transfer is a process through which an organism incorporates genetic material from another organism without being its offspring, allowing for the possibility of transferring necessary genes from the nucleomorph to the host cell's nucleus, thus enabling the reduction of the nucleomorph without a net loss of genetic information.

Which Process Could Have Allowed the Nucleomorphs of Chlorarachniophytes to Be