what is conjugation 

Conjugation is the exchange of genetic materials within two cells which are in direct contact with each other or by forming a temporary bridge like connection between two cells. In conjugation one cell acts as a donor and another cell acts as recipient. Bacteria exchange their genetic materials through this process. It is also termed as sexual reproduction of bacteria as two cells are involved and they mate each other for exchange.

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Bacterial conjugation is the transfer of genetic material between bacterial cells by direct cell-to-cell contact or by a bridge-like connection between two cells. 
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the variation of the form of a verb in an inflected language such as Latin, by which the voice, mood, tense, number, and person are identified.
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the formation or existence of a link between things
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Conjugation, in biology, sexual process in which two lower organisms of the same species, such as bacteria, protozoans, and some algae and fungi, exchange nuclear material during a temporary union (e.g., ciliated protozoans), completely transfer one organism’s contents to the other organism (bacteria and some algae), or fuse together to form one organism (most bacteria and fungi and some algae). Within a given population of organisms, the various forms that may engage in conjugation are known as mating types. The forms may or may not resemble each other in size, shape, or motility. They differ in some physiological or genetic characteristic and are distinguished by biologists through the use of symbols such as + and - or by letters of the alphabet if more than two forms occur.
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the variation of the form of a verb in an inflected language such as Latin, by which the voice, mood, tense, number, and person are identified.
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