View Full Document. 2. The enzyme that is responsible for breaking the hydrogen bonds between the two strands of DNA is _________________________. 3. Griffithâs experiment showed that live bacteria without capsules acquired the ability to make capsules from dead bacteria with capsules in a process Griffith called ____________________.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Swap. In finance, a swap is a derivative in which counterparties exchange cash flows of one party's financial instrument for those of the other party's financial instrument. The benefits in question depend on the type of financial instruments involved.
Credit default swap. A credit default swap (CDS) is a financial swap agreement that the seller of the CDS will compensate the buyer (usually the creditor of the reference loan) in the event of a loan default (by the debtor) or other credit event. This is to say that the seller of the CDS insures the buyer against some reference loan defaulting.