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Biology Chp 9
Alves chp 9 vocabulary words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Vaccine | a substance prepared from killed or weakened pathogens and introduced into a body to produce immunity |
| virulent | describes a microorganism or virus that causes disease and that is highly infectious |
| transformation | the transfer of genetic material in the form of DNA fragments from one cell to another or from one organism to another |
| bacteriophage | a virus that infects bacteria |
| double helix | the spiral-staircase structure characteristic of the DNA molecule = |