Bacterial conjugation involves

A. new progeny cells with genes from two parent bacterial cells.
B. the take-up of naked DNA fragments from a lysed donor cell by a recipient cell.
C. a donor cell that transfers a copy of a plasmid to a recipient cell through a pilus.
D. bacteriophage carrying donor DNA to the recipient cell.


Answer: C

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