Bacteria will often pass a piece of DNA from a donor bacterial cell to a recipient bacterial cell presumably through a structure called a pilus. What is this process called?

A) transduction
B) conjugation
C) transformation
D) fission
E) confirmation


Ans: B) conjugation

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