So once again, because bacterial cells and other prokaryotic cells do not actually reproduce via the process of meiosis, they reproduce via the process of binary fission. And because binary fission does not incorporate genetic recombination, they have to undergo other methods of genetic recombination. And these three methods are conjugation, transformation and transduction. Conjugation involves the formation of a cytoplasmic bridge, a sex Pillus between a donor cell and a recipient cell. And the donor cell transfers the plasma to the recipient cell. And so that gives our recipient cell a certain amount of genetic diversity.