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DNA

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1Geneticsscientific study of heredity
2hereditypassing of a physical or mental characteristic genetically from one generation to the next
3traita distinguishing quality or characteristic
4Cloningmember of a population of genetically identical cells produced from a single cell
5Replicationcopying process by which a cell duplicates its DNA
6DNA Deoxyribonucleicacidnucleic acid that contains the sugar deoxyribose
7cellcollection of living matter enclosed by a barrier that separates the cell from its surroundings; basic unit of all forms of life
8Organisman individual animal plant or single celled life form
9Stem Cellan undifferentiated cell of a unicellular organism that is capable of giving rise to indefinitely more cells of the same type
10DNA Replicationthe bases of biological inheritance