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allele
amino acid
biolistic transformation
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
dominant
gene
gene gun
gene silencing
gene-for-gene hyphothesis
genetic code
genetic engineering
genetically modified organism (GMO)
genetics
genome
genotype
GMO
heterozygous
homozygous
incomplete dominance
ligase
nucleotide
phenotype
plasmid
protein
protoplast
recessive
recombinant DNA
restriction enzyme
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
ribosome
RNA
RNAi
RNA interference (RNAi)
totipotency
transcription
transformation
transgenic
translation
triplet codon