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Transformation: in microbiology (including for yeasts), transformation is the alteration of phenotypeplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigPhenotype: an observable feature or property of an organism. due to uptake of external DNAplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigDNA: deoxyribonucleic acid. The genetic material for nearly all life on Earth. into a cell. Not to be confused with “transformation” in the context of cell biology, where the definition is the alteration of a normal cell to a cancerous cell.

glossary/transformation.txt · Last modified: 2024/08/29 20:00 by mike