recombinationnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌriː.kɒm.bɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ˌri.kɑːm.bəˈneɪ.ʃən/specializedthe process of creating new combinations of genes with characteristics different from those in either parent
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Genetics
- adenine
- anaphase
- chromosomal
- codon
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- double helix
- gene therapy
- genetic code
- GMO
- heredity
- Human Genome Project
- inheritance
- mutation
- oncogene
- recessive
- ribosome
- sex chromosome
- synapsis
- translocation
- triplet codon
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