A plasmid is an extrachromosomal piece of genetic information, not essential for survival, that can encode multiple genes.
Un plásmido es un fragmento de material genético extracromosómico no esencial para la supervivencia, que puede codificar varios genes.
| Front | Plasmid |
|---|---|
| Back | extrachromosomal pieces of genetic information -not essential for normal life/survival -has everything that normal genome has, can encode for multiple genes but only has about 10ish genes max |
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