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, transduction is the

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of energy from one

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(a donor) to another (a receptor), at the same time that the class of energy changes. Photonic energy, the

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of a photon, may follow the following paths: * be released again as a photon of less energy; * be transferred to a recipient with no change in class; * be dissipated as heat; or * be transduced.

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