Biology (11th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 1259188132
ISBN 13: 978-1-25918-813-8

Chapter 28 - Prokaryotes - Review Questions - Understand - Page 564: 5

Answer

D.

Work Step by Step

Conjugation is when DNA moves from one kind of bacterium to another, not through normal inheritance based on cell division, making D. the correct answer. A. and C. refer to other ways that DNA can be obtained by bacteria, and B. is the normal method of cell division in bacteria.
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