National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) - Part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health, NIAID conducts and supports basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.⏎
Natural Selection - The process by which certain heritable traits that contribute to the survival and reproductive success of an organism become more widespread within a population over successive generations.⏎
Replication - The process of producing a copy of a strand of DNA.⏎
Recombinant Technology - The process that allows technicians to create artificial pieces of DNA in which two or more DNA sequences, often from separate organisms, are combined in ways that would not normally occur naturally.⏎
Parasitism - A close relationship between two organisms in which one organism, the parasite, benefits at the expense of the host organism.⏎