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Gene |
Functional unit that controls inherited trait expression that is passed on from one gen to another |
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Homologous chromosone |
One of two paired chromosomes one from each parent that carries genes for a specific trait at the same location |
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Gamete |
A haploid sex cell formed during meiosis that can combine with another haploid sex cell and produce a diploid fertilized egg |
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Haploid |
Cell with half the number of chromosomes as a diploid cell |
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Fertilization |
Process by which haploid gametes combine forming a diploid cell with 2n chromosomes with n chromosomes from the female parent and n chromosomes from the male parent |
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Diploid |
Having two copies of each chromosome |
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Meiosis |
Reduction division process occuring only in reproductive cells in which one diploid cell produces four haploid cells that arent geneticaly idnetical |
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Crossing over |
Exchange of chromosomal segments between a pair of homologous chromosomes during prophase 1 of mitosis |
