Chpt. 13 vocab Flashcards
1
Q
process in which one strain of bacteria is changed by a gene or genes from another strain of bacteria
A
transformation
2
Q
kind of virus that infects bacteria
A
bacteriophage
3
Q
principle that bonds in DNA can form only between adenine and thymine and between guanine and cytosine
A
base pairing
4
Q
process of copying DNA prior to cell division
A
replication
5
Q
principle enzyme involved in DNA replication
A
DNA polymerase
6
Q
repetitive DNA at the end of a eukaryotic chromosome
A
telomere
