Bacterial pathogens may be controlled by ________, which are viruses that specifically infect and lyse the bacterial host.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


bacteriophage, phage

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The ENCODE project seeks to 

A. sequence the genomes of all animals. B. identify the functional elements of the human genome. C. identify the coding sequences of human DNA.  D. sequence the DNA of all organisms. E. identify the proteins encoded by the human genome.

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