Why Are Transduction, Conjugation, and Transformation Sometimes Referred to as Sexual

question 28

Multiple Choice

Why are transduction, conjugation, and transformation sometimes referred to as sexual processes, but are not considered to be sexual reproduction?

• A) Genetic material is exchanged, but the process does not involve meiosis and gamete fusion.
• B) Genetic material is exchanged, but exchange can take place between organisms of the same sex.
• C) Genetic material is not exchanged between two organisms; it is simply fused together into one new organism.
• D) Genetic material is divided in the process of meiosis, resulting in two haploid individuals without exchange of genetic material.

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