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| The use of biological processes, organisms, or systems to manufacture products intended to improve the quality of human life |
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| DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) |
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| A self replicating material which is present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes. It is the carrier of genetic information |
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| The direct manipulation of an organisms genome using biotechnology |
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| The basic physical and functional unit of heredity |
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| A strand of DNA that is encoded with genes |
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| An animal or plant on or in which a parasite or commensal organism lives |
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| An organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment |
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| A variable whose variation does not depend on that of another |
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| Join or insert (a gene or gene fragment) |
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| A small DNA molecule within a cell that is physically separated from a chromosomal DNA and can replicate independently |
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| An enzyme from bacteria that can recognize specific base sequences in DNA and cut the DNA at that site |
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| A variable whose value depends on that of another |
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| The one element that is not changed throughout an experiment |
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| Groups where a phenomenon is expected (in regards to scientific control) |
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| Groups where no phenomenon is expected (in regards to scientific control) |
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