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ISBN: 9781259616020

Author: Robert J. Brooker Professor Dr.

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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The virus is acellular and considered non-living outside the host cell. The replication of the virus occurs only inside the living cells. Only a few genes are present in the smallest virus, whereas many genes are present in the largest virus. These genes…

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Chapter 15, Problem 24CONQ

What is DNA methylation? When we say that DNA methylation is heritable, what do we mean? How is it passed from a mother to a daughter cell?

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