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Chapter 12 Vocab qui

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process in which one strain of bacteria is changed by a gene or genes from one another strain of bacteria   transformation  
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virus that infects bacteria   bacteriophage  
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monomer of nucleic acids made up of a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base   nucleotide  
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principle that bonds in DNA can form only between adenine and thymine and between guanine and cytosine   base pairing  
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granular material visible within the nucleus; consists of DNA tightly coiled around proteins   chromatin  
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globular protein molecule around which DNA is tightly coiled in chromatin   histone  
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copying process by which a cell duplicates its DNA   replication  
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enzyme that "proofreads" new DNA strands, helping to ensure that each molecule is a nearly perfect copy of the original DNA   DNA polymerase  
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sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a trait   gene  
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RNA molecule that carries copies of instructions for the assembly of amino acids into proteins from DNA to the rest of the cell   messenger RNA  
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type of RNA that makes up the major part of ribosomes   ribosomal RNA  
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type of RNA molecule that transfers amino acids to ribosomes during protein synthesis   transfer RNA  
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process in which part of the nucelotide sequence of DNA is copied into a complementary sequence of RNA   transcription  
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enzyme similar to DNA polymerase that binds to DNA and separates the DNA strands during transcription   RNA polymerase  
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region of DNA that indicates to and enzyme where to bind to make RNA   promoter  
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intervening sequence of DNA; does not code for a protein   intron  
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expressed sequence of DNA; codes for a protein   exon  
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three-nucleotide sequence on messenger RNA that codes for a single amino acid   codon  
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decoding of mRNA message into a polypeptide chain   translation  
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group of three bases on a tRNA molecule that are complementary to an RNA codon   anticodon  
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change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information   mutation  
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mutation that affects a single nucleotide, usually by substituting one nucelotide for another   point mutation  
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mutation that shifts the "reading" frame of the genetic message by inserting or deleting a nucleotide   frameshift mutation  
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condition in which an organism has extra sets of chromosomes   polyploidy  
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group of genes operating together   operon  
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region of chromosomes in an operon to which the repressor binds when the operon is "turned off"   operator  
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process in which cells become specialized in structure and function   differentation  
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series of genes that controls the organs and tissues that develop in various parts of an embryo   hox gene  
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