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Reproduction with only one parent
Examples: fission; budding
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The process in which the nucleus divides into and forms two identical nuclei.
Each nucleus also is identical to the original nucleus.
Some organism use this process for asexual reproduction. |
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| physical reproduction between two parent organims male and female. |
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| The joining of sperm and egg cell. |
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cells that have similar pairs of chromosomes.
Body cells are examples diploid cells |
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cells with only 1/2 of chromosome pair.
Sex cells are haploid cells. |
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Cell reproduction process that produces the haploid sex cells.
Meiosis ensures that the offspring will have the same diploid number |
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Contains the information for an organisms growth and function.
Stored in the cells that have a nucleus. |
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| is a section of DNA on a chromosome. It is the specific instructions for making a specific protein for cells and tissues. |
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| The codes for making proteins are carried from the nucleus to the ribosomes |
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Mistakes that happen when DNA is being copied.
They are permanent change to the DNA sequence |
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| the structure in the cell that contains the hereditary material |
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| the different forms of a trait that a gene may have |
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| the passing on of traits from parent to offspring |
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| the trait that covers up or masks another trait represented with capital letter |
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| the trait that is hidden by another trait represented with lower case letter. |
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| an organism that receives different genetic information or different alleles than what the parent exhibits. |
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| an organism that receives the same genetic information or alleles as what the parent exhibits. |
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| the genetic code for a trait represented by letters |
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the physical appearance of the trait by the genetic code.
Ex: hair color brown, blonde, red etc.. |
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| same genetic code two dominant or two recessive: considered pure-bred |
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| different genetic code one dominant the other recessive: considered hybrid |
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