Sort the items listed to indicate whether they are true statements about each mechanism of horizontal gene transfer.
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Conjugation Transduction Transformation
Requires recipient cell to be "competent"Involves a direct, physical interaction between donor and recipient cellsRequires rolling circle replicationCompletely non-species-specific (DNA from any source can be transferred) An entire plasmid can be transferred from donor to recipient by this method so long as it is not too bigDonor and recipient cells must be within the host range of the same bacteriophage (virus)
