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The Local Grocery Store Set a New Goal to Reduce

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The local grocery store set a new goal to reduce 25% of its waste. By doing so, the owners implemented recycling stations, eliminated plastic bags for customer use, promoted more local and fresh products, and reduced their packaging of products. The store demonstrated ______.


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Mobile Genetic Elements

Pieces of DNA that can move or be transferred from one location in the genome to another, affecting gene expression and evolution.

Plasmids

Circular, double-stranded DNA molecules found in bacteria and some yeasts, separate from chromosomal DNA, used in genetic engineering.

Prophage DNA

The DNA of a temperate bacteriophage that is integrated into the bacterial host's genome and replicates along with it without causing lysis.

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