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Chapter 12
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Frederick Griffith | experimented with bacteria in mice; bacteria transformed, mice died |
| 2 parts of a virus | DNA core and protein coat |
| DNA | stores, copies, and transmits information to a cell |
| DNA polymerase | an enzyme that joins individual nucleotides to produce a new strand of DNA |
| telomere | DNA lost from the tips of the chromosomes |
| complementary | all the information needed to reconstruct |
| bacterial transformation | the code for the disease is changed |
| bacteriophage | a type of bacteria that infects a virus |
| 4 nitrogen bases | adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine |