Alexis+kinnan


 * ABOUT ME:**

====Hey, my name is Alexis and I'm a Sophomore**.** I use to live in Latrobe, PA but now currently live somewhere else, but i like my new town a whole lot better. I was new just last year so I'm still getting use to most of everything that's going on in my new life. I met a lot of new people and they're all really nice. I like to run and i have ran track for about 3 years now going on four. My parents are divorced but my mom got re-married and now i have a step dad who is a very good person. The things i like to do the most is hangout with my boyfriend and hang out with my friends.====


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2. scientific name- Quecus
====3. What infects the tree- Oak wilt is very common in red oak trees. A fungus causes this by attacking already weak trees and causes a wound, which potentially gets infected. There is no known cure for this and is easily passed to other trees by insects or roots.====

9. see below
=**Fiber: Jute**= 1. Jute is grown mainly in India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Sudan, and Nepal. 2. Jute is used to make a wide variety of things such as: wall hangings, cushion covers, rugs, jackets, canvas, and webbing. All of these crafts are mostly made in the middle east countries. 3. Growers who rotate jute with crops like rice and potatoes find that it acts as a barrier to diseases and pests which damage those other crops.

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__DNA Replication:__


-strand 1 gets a new strand 2 and strand 2 gets a new strand 1 to build new bases for the DNA.





__DNA Vocabulary:__
Telomeres- keeps the ends of the various chromosomes, in the call from accidentally becoming attached to each other.

Okazaki fragments- what DNA polymerase synthesizes.

DNA ligase- stiches the okazaki fragments together.

telomerase- an enzyme that adds telomere repeat sequence to the 3 end of DNA strands.

cancer- from somatic cells, has the ability to divide indefinitely.

transplanted cells- can be removed cells, and transform them with the gene for the product that wasn't synthesized.

cloning- taking a nucleus and cell that had been growing in culture.

aging- cloning affects how long the object will live in different ways,