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What is a genome? |
All the genes in an organism |
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What are the nitrogenous bases of DNA? And how do they pair with each other |
Adenine pairs with thymine Guanine pairs with cystine |
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What is a plasmid? |
Circular DNA outside of the nucleoid |
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What does a fertility plasmid do? |
Carries genes for conjugation |
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What do resistance plasmids do? |
Carry genes for resistance to antimicrobial drugs |
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What do Bacteriocin plasmids do? |
Carry genes for toxins that kill other bacteria |
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What do virulence plasmids do? |
Carry genes to make pathogenic toxins |
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Describe heterochromatin |
Tightly packed chromatin inactive |
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Describe Euchromatin |
Loosely packed and active |
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What is extranuclear DNA? And where is it found? |
DNA found outside of the nucleus of a cell mitochondrial DNA is the main source of this in eukaryotic cells and chloroplasts in plants |
