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15 Cards in this Set
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Genomics
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The study of genes and their functions.
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Genome
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Our complete copy of the genetic info in a cell.
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Complementary binding
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Arrangement of nitrogenous bases in nucleic acids based on hydrogen bonding. DNA/RNA (AT-GC) (AU - GC)
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Chromosome
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Structure that carries hereditary info/genes
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Gene
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Segment of DNA (sequence of nucleotides in DNA) encoding a functioal product.
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Restriction enzymes
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Enzyme that cuts double-stranded DNA at specific sites btwn nucleotides
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Transformation
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Process in which genes transferred from bacterium to another as "naked" DNA in solution. Or normal --> cancerous
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Conjugation
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Transfer of genetic material from cell to cell involving cell-to-cell contact
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Transduction
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Transfer of DNA cell-to-cell by bacteriophage
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Transposons
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Small piece of DNA that can move from 1 DNA molecule to another
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Genotype
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Genetic makeup of an organism
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DNA polymerase
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Enzyme that synthesizes DNA by copying DNA template
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RNA Primer
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Short strand of RNA used to start synthesis of the lagging strand of DNA and to start polymerase chain reactionq
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Semi-conservative replication
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Process in DNA replication where DNA molecule has original and new strand
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Operon
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The operator and promoter sites and structural genes that control their transcription
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