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What does extrachromosomal mean?

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  1. Happening outside a chromosome.
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Microorganisms can also develop acquired resistance by either spontaneous mutation or by horizontal transmission of extrachromosomal genes.
Crosses were done between transgenic plants carrying pShortDs and plants containing transposase to analyze the ends of extrachromosomal linear Ds elements.
Some prokaryotes, such as bacteria, and a few eukaryotes have extrachromosomal DNA known as plasmids, which are autonomous, self-replicating genetic material.
Unlike the retrovirus, adenoviral DNA functions in an extrachromosomal manner.
Upon heat shock during larval development, FLP and I-SceI produce the extrachromosomal targeting molecule.
In this study, I investigated genetic requirements and DNA substrates for DSB repair in S. pombe using a new simple extrachromosomal DSB repair assay.

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