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Other Glossaries: The Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms from the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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A
Accessory Genes  Antibiotic Resistance  Antibioticw Antigens  Archaea 
B
Bacteria  Bacteriophage  Base Pairsw The Basesw
(ATCG)		  
C
Chloroplasts  Chromatinw Chromosome  Clonew Conjugation 
 
Conjugative Transposons  Cost - plasmid  Curing - plasmid     
D
DNA 
deoxyribonucleic acid 		DNA molecule       
E
Endosymbionts  Eukaryotes  Evolution of BHR     
F
Fitnessw        
G
Gene  Gene Regulationw Genetic Code  Genome  Genotypew
H
Horizontal Gene
Transfer (HGT)  		Host Range 
 		      
I
Insertion Sequences  ICE
Integrative and
Conjugative elements		 Integronw Intronsw  
K
kilobase         
M
megabase  Meiosis  Metabolism  Metabolite  Mitochondria 
 
Mitosis  MGE
Mobile Genetic Elements 		Mobilome  Multidrug Resistancew  
N
Noncoding DNAw Nucleoidw Nucleotide Sequences  Nucleus   
O
Organelles  Origin of Replicationw      
P
Phenotypic Trait  Piliw Plasmids  Population Genticsw Prokaryotesw
 
Proteins         
R
Resistance  Retrotransposons  Ribosomew RNA
ribonucleic acid		  
S
Speciesw Stability - plasmid  Sugar Backbone     
T
Transduction  Transformation  Transposons     
V
Virulence Genes         

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