"Evaluate the statements below, and select those that correctly apply to the mechanisms of conjugation, transformation, and transduction.
a. Conjugation requires a gene on the bacterial chromosome to code for a sex pilus, through which the chromosome passes from donor to recipient. * b. Certain cells, called F+ cells, contain a plasmid that codes for a sex pilus to connect to a recipient F- cell and donate a copy of the plasmid. "