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What molecule carries genetic information

DNA

What process is thought to have changed the genetic code over billions of years

evolution

What kind of diseases are the most common genetic diseases For example those in which both parents may be carriers of the disease without knowing it because they don't actually have the disease

autosomal recessive

What type of scientist studies how bacteria are affected by antibiotics

*A+* micro biologist

How is the hereditary information in DNA coded and passed from generation to generation

as nucleotide base sequences that make up genes

What term describes all the changes that take place during the life of an organism including growth

development

What kind of organism is used to produce human insulin

*A+*bacteria

What name is given to the process by which an organisim develops from a single cell into many kinds of cells

differentiation

What scientific breakthrough occurred around 50 years ago that helped bring all the pieces of the biology puzzle together

The discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, (the template for creating genetic offspring cells) was made in 1953 by James D. Watson and Francis Crick.

The virus that causes chicken pox contains DNA. It reproduces inside the cells of living organisms. The virus is not made of cells and does not eat or breathe. Why isn’t the virus considered to be a living thing

it is not made of cells (A+)

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