Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781259709227
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor, Heidi Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 8, Problem 16Q
The creation of biological molecules and cells entirely from chemicals is called
- a. recombination.
- b. sequencing.
- c. artificial biology.
- d. synthetic biology.
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Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
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