Nanometer - A unit of length equal to one one-billionth (1 x 10-9) of a meter.⏎
Parasitism - A close relationship between two organisms in which one organism, the parasite, benefits at the expense of the host organism.⏎
Reproduction - The process by which parent organisms create new offspring by either sexual or asexual means.⏎
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.⏎
Protein - Large molecules composed of one or more chains of amino acids in a specific order determined by the base sequence of nucleotides in the DNA coding.⏎