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A purine base; a component of nucleotides.
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Adenine
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Adenine
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Virus that infects bacteria.
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Bacteriophage
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Bacteriophage
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Chargaff's rule that state the amount of adenine equals the amount of thymine and the amount of guanine equals the amount of cytosine.
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Base-pairing rules
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Base-pairing rules
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Characteristic of nucleic acids in which the sequence of bases on one strand determines the sequence of bases on the other.
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Complementary
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Complementary
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Nitrogenous base of the pyrimidine class;component of RNA and DNA.
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Cytosine
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Cytosine
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Spiral-staircase structure characteristic of the DNA molecule.
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Double helix
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Double helix
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Sequence of nucleotides that gets translated and transcribed.
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Exon
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Exon
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enzyme that unwinds a DNA molecule's double helix before replication.
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Helicase
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Helicase
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Segment of mRNA transcribed from eukaryotic DNA but removed before translation of mRNA into a protein.
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Intron
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Intron
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Nitrogen base of the purine class; component of DNA and RNA nucleotides.
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Guanine
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Guanine
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Group of genes that has evolved from a single ancestral gene and is characterized by the existence of multiple copies.
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Multigene family
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Multigene family
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Subunit of nucleic acids consisting of a nitrogenous base, a sugar,and a phosphate group.
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Nucleotide
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Nucleotide
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class of organic, nitrogenous molecules in nucleic acids that have a double ring of carbon and nitrogen.
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Purine
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Purine
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Class of organic, nitrogenous molecules in nucleic acids that have a single ring of carbon and introgen.
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Pyrimidine
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Pyrimidine
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Process of synthesizing a new strand of DNA.
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Replication
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Replication
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Point at which the double helix of DNA separates so that it can be copies.
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Replication fork
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Replication fork
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Nitrogenous base of the pyrimidine class; component of DNA.
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Thymine
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Thymine
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The transfer of genetic material from one organism to another; first observed by Griffith.
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Transformation
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Transformation
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Gene that has the ability to move from one chromosomal location to another.
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Transposon
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Transposon
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Substance prepared from killed or weakened pathogens and introduced into a body to produce immunity.
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Vaccine
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Vaccine
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Referring to the deadliness of a disease-causing agent.
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Virulent
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Virulent
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Enzyme that catalyzes the replication of DNA.
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DNA polymerase
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DNA polymerase
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Five-canbons sugar that is a component of DNA nucleotides.
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Deoxyribose
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Deoxyribose
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