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| the process of producing similar populations of genetically identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms |
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| it is an operon required for the transport and metabolism of lactose in Escherichia coli and some other enteric bacteria |
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| a basic type of cell which can divide and develop into cells with particular functions |
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| The division of a cell into two daughter cells with the same genetic material |
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| seperate rolls for each type of cell in multicellular organisms |
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| Gene expression is the process by which information from a gene is used in the synthesis of a functional gene product. |
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| a natural substance found in meat, eggs, fish, some vegetables |
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| X chromosome inactivation |
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| The removal of introns from the sequence of an mRNA following transcription to form an uninterrupted coding sequence. |
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| Homeotic genes are genes that determine which parts of the body form what body parts. One example are the Hox and ParaHox genes which are important for segmentation, another example are the MADS-box-containing genes in the ABC model of flower development. |
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| Signal transduction pathways |
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| signal transduction refers to any process by which a cell converts one kind of signal or stimulus into another |
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| the organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA; the process whereby a base sequence of messenger RNA is synthesized on a template of complementary DNA |
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| An oncogene is a gene that, when mutated or expressed at high levels, helps turn a normal cell into a tumor cell. |
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| a malignant tumor of the colon; early symptom is bloody stools |
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| any substance that produces cancer |
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| Any of the subunits that repeat in chromatin; a coil of DNA surrounding a histone core |
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| DNA that has been formed artificially by combining constituents from different organisms |
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