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barry barry
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11 years ago
When oncologists (scientists who study cancer) refer to "transformation," they mean something different from what the word "transformation" signifies when used by biotechnologists. Explain the difference between the two uses of the term in genetics.
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11 years ago
In terms of cancer, cells that lose their growth control and no longer behave like normal cells are referred to as transformed. In the context of bacterial genetics and gene manipulation, however, transformation refers to a living cell picking up naked DNA from outside the cell and incorporating it into its genome.
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