Biology: Concepts and Applications (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781285427812
Author: Cecie Starr, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 8, Problem 15SQ
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a.
To determine:
The term that describes “nitrogen-containing base, sugar, phosphate group(s)”.
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b.
To determine:
The term that describes “copy of an organism”.
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c.
To determine:
The term that describes “does not determine sex”.
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d.
To determine:
The term that describes “only DNA and protein”.
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e.
To determine:
The term that describes “seals breaks in a DNA strand”.
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f.
To determine:
The term that describes “can cause cancer”.
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g.
To determine:
The term that describes “two chromosomes of each type”.
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e.
To determine:
The term that describes “adds nucleotides to a growing strand”.
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