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Biology mutations
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Science
10th Grade
03/18/2010

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Virulent
Definition
Vaccine against a disease causing virus
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transformation
Definition
transfer of genetic material from one cell to another
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bacteriophages
Definition
viruses that infect bacteria
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nucleotide
Definition
makes up DNA and is made of sugar phosphate and a nitrogen base
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deoxyribose
Definition
five carbon sugar in a DNA nucleotide
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nitrogen base
Definition
contains nitrogen atoms and carbon atoms and is a baseso it accepts hydrogen ions
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purines
Definition
nitrogenous bases that have a double ring of carbon and nitrogen atoms, such as adenine and guanine.
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pyrimidines
Definition
purines but a single ring and not a double ring
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base-pairing rules
Definition
the rules that state adenine pairs with thymine and cytosine pairs with guanine
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complementary base pairs
Definition
the pairs of thymine and adenine or cytosine and guanine
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