Which process results in genetic recombination, but is separate from the process wherein the population size of paramecium increases?

A) budding
B) meiotic division
C) mitotic division
D) conjugation
E) binary fission


Ans: D) conjugation

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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