prokaryotes can transfer pieces of genetic material in a process called

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Hello My Dear Friend, @jess.hall101 WelcoMe To OpeN studY !! > I think You are saying about term "Conjugation". From genetics in Bacterial Conjugation the particular bacterium which has the ability to form a "sex pilus" does so, and uses it to inject a copy of a (DNA) plasmid into another bacterium. This transformation occurs when a live nonpathogenic cell takes up a piece of DNA In the process called conjugation, where genetic material is transferred. Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformation_%28genetics%29 Hope, if U Are Satisfied with this answer, Please Close This Question ! Thank U !! Keep In Touch, with Open study !!