Conjugation is

1.the uptake of naked DNA from the environment.
2.mediated by bacteriophages.
3.when a copy of DNA from one bacterial cell enters another cell.
4.when one cell divides.
5.when DNA is exchanged between sexually reproducing organisms.


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