Which of the following best describes the process of conjugation?


DNA segments from broken-down prokaryotic cells are taken in and incorporated into the DNA of living cells.


A bridgelike connection forms between two prokaryotic cells, through which genetic information is transferred.


Changes in a cell’s DNA sequences occur during replication, and those changes are passed on to daughter cells.




A virus takes in a segment of DNA from one bacterial cell and inserts it into another bacterial cell.