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biology chapter 12
Biology
Term | Definition |
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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 |