Mastery Terms #12 Flashcards
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Bacteriophage
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kind of virus that infects bacteria
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Transformation
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process in which one strain of bacteria is changed by a gene or genes from another strain of bacteria
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Base paring
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principle that bonds in DNA can form only between adenine and thymine and between guanine and cytosine
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Replication
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process of copying DNA prior to cell division
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Telomere
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repetitive DNA at the end of a eukaryotic chromosome
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Nucleic acid
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macromolecules containing hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus
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Nucleotide
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subunit of which nucleic acids are composed; made up of a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base
