Horizontal Transfer of Genes Evaluate the statements below, and select those that correctly apply to the mechanisms of conjugation, transformation, and transduction. (Check All That Apply)
a) Conjugation requires a gene on the bacterial chromosome to code for a sex pilus, through which the chromosome passes from donor to recipient.
b) Certain cells, called F cells, contain a plasmid that codes for a sex pilus to connect to a recipient F- cell and donate a copy of the plasmid.
c) When bacteriophage progeny are being assembled, occasionally a fragment of host DNA is packaged in error and transferred to a new cell by the process of transduction.
d) In the process of transduction, soluble DNA from the environment is accepted by a competent cell and is integrated into the