Complex sentence: According to this view, bacterial transformation is an adaptation for repairing DNA damages that arise during stressful conditions, and this role has been maintained in meiosis, where recombinational DNA repair is promoted.
Split into simpler sentences: According to this view, bacterial transformation is an adaptation for repairing DNA damages that arise during stressful conditions. This role is currently maintained in meiosis, where recombinational DNA repair is promoted.