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biology chapter 12
Biology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| transformation | process in which one strain of bacteria is changed by a gene or genes from another strain of bacteria |
| bacteriophage | kind of virus that infects bacteria |
| base pairing | principle that bonds in DNA can form only between adenine and thymine and between guanine and cytosine |
| replication | the process of copying DNA prior to cell division |
| telomere | repetitive DNA at the end of a eukaryotic chromosome |
| DNA polymerase | principal enzyme involved in DNA replication |