BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)
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Author: STARR
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Chapter 14, Problem 11SA
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Transposition may be related to replication, recombination, and repair. Insertion of transposable elements may cause mutations. Some transpositions can be replicative by generating their own copy. Some transposition events inactivate, activate, or have no effect on nearby genes.
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the one above: Replicate this sense strand to create a double-stranded DNA helix
TGAGGATGAAACTCACACCGGGGCGCAGTTTGGCACTTAGATTCTTGTACACGACCTAGTATAACACAGTT
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TGAGCATGAAACTCACACCGGGGGCAGTTTCGCACTTAGGATTCTTGTACAGGACCTAGTATAACAAGTT
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BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)
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