👉 Ligatory is a term used in the context of biology and genetics, specifically referring to the process by which genetic information from one organism (the donor) is passed onto another organism (the recipient). This occurs through the use of messenger RNA (mRNA), which carries genetic information from the donor to the recipient. The idea behind ligatory is that the mRNA will be translated into protein in the recipient, and this translation will then be used by the recipient's cells to carry out various functions.