As level biology 56 mitotic cell cycle and protein synthesis. This is where all a level resources will be published. The technique of genetic fingerprinting in analysing dna fragments that have been cloned by pcr, and its use in determining genetic relationships and in determining the genetic variability within a population. Overview of transcription transcription is the first step in gene expression, in which information from a gene is used to construct a functional product such as a protein. Biology mary ann clark, jung choi, matthew douglas.
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