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transformation
A qualitative change
bacteriophage
A virus that is parasitic in ___
nucleotide
A phosphoric ester of a ___
replication
The process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division
dna polymerase
The enzyme responsible for ___ replication
messenger rna
The template for protein synthesis
transcription
The organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA
rna polymerase
The enzyme that copies DNA into ___
intron
Sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein
exon
Sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures
codon
A specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies
translation
A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication
mutation
An organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
point mutation
A ___ due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene
watson
United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments
crick
A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back
franklin
United States historian noted for studies of Black American history
griffith
United States film maker who was the first to use flashbacks and fade-outs

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