Biology A-Level
nucleoid region
What nucleoid region means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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The region of a prokaryotic cell in which the main DNA lies free in the cytoplasm is sometimes called this.
Topics that use nucleoid region
- DNA, genes and chromosomes (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- alleles
- base sequence
- chromatin
- circular organelle DNA
- crossing over
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