Question

Do you know the likely fate of a piece of DNA, which is somehow transferred into an alien organism?

Answer 1

The likely fate of a piece of DNA transferred into an alien organism is that it may not multiply by itself in the progeny cells at first. However, if this DNA integrates into the genome of the recipient organism, it can then multiply and be inherited along with the host DNA. This occurs because the alien DNA becomes part of a chromosome, which has the ability to replicate during cell division. Thus, the foreign DNA can be stably maintained and passed on to future generations of the host organism.