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Which is the term for replicating circular pieces of DNA that often carry antibiotic-resistant genes

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The answer is Plasmid, these are circular pieces of DNA that can carry genes beneficial to the organism such as antibiotic-resistant genes and can self-replicate. Unlike Viruses that are covered with capsid, Plasmids don’t need close or envelope their general material.


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