FLASHCARDS
Chapter 12 (Textbook pages 287-299)
6 Vocabulary Terms
Definitions
Transformation:
A process in which one strain of bacteria is changed by a gene or genes
from another strain of bacteria.
Bacteriophage:
A kind of virus that infects bacteria.
Base pairing:
The principal that bonds in DNA can form only between adenine and
thymine and between guanine and cytosine.
Replication:
The process of copying DNA prior to cell division.
DNA polymerase:
The principal enzyme involved in DNA replication.
Telomere:
Repetitive DNA at the end of a eukaryotic chromosome.