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Appendix A: Basic Biological and Genetic Concepts
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... Appendixes
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... A Basic Biological and Genetic Concepts DNA, Genes, and Chromosomes which respond to particular proteins in a tissue-specific man ner by increasing transcription. At the 3 end is the termina The genetic material of living organisms, DNA, is con tion codon (e.g., TAA, TAG, TGA)
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... . Changes induced in genetic material, and so on.
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