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| the joining of the egg cell and sperm cell |
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| is short for deoxyribonucleic acid and is contained in every cell that has ever been formed. It is an organism's informational code |
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| the section of DNA on a chromosome that directs the makes of a specific protein |
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| formed in the female reproductive organ |
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| is short of ribonucleic acid which carries the code for making proteins from the nucleus to the ribosomes |
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| the process by which sex cells are created in the reproductive organs, producing four haploid cells from one diploid cell |
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| the process by which a new, unique organism is created when two sex cells, and egg and sperm, come together |
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| a new organism is produced that has identical hereditary material as the parent organism |
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| a cell with pairs of chromosomes |
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| formed in the reproductive organs of the male |
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| cells that do not have pairs of chromosomes |
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| a series of continuous steps in which the cell nucleus divides to form two identical nuclei |
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What are the 4 nitrogen bases that make up DNA?
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guanine - cytosine
adenine - thymine |
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| What are the 3 types of asexual reproduction? |
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| fission, budding, regeneration |
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| a period of cell growth and division |
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prophase
metaphase
anaphase
telophase |
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