Biology A-Level
circular organelle DNA
What circular organelle DNA means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of circular organelle DNA
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The DNA of mitochondria and chloroplasts is short, circular and not associated with protein, like the DNA of prokaryotes.
Topics that use circular organelle DNA
- DNA, genes and chromosomes (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- alleles
- base sequence
- chromatin
- crossing over
- degenerate code
- endosymbiotic theory
- functional RNA
- gel electrophoresis
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