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Asextual reproduction
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a new organism (sometimes more than 1) is produced by 1 organism.
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sextual reproduction
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two sex cells, called egg and sperm, come together.
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sperm
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are formed in the male reproductive organs
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eggs
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are formed in the female reproductive organs
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fertilazation
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the joining of an egg and sperm
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haploid
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sex cells/ cells that do not have 1 pair of chromosomes.
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meiosis
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a process that produces haploid sex cells
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zygote
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cell that forms from fertilization
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dipoid
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when cells have pairs of similar chromosomes
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DNA
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contains information for an organisms growth and function
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gene
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a section of DNA on a chromosome
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RNA
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the codes for making proteins are carried from the nucleus to the robosomes by RNA
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mutations
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any perminant change in the DNA sequence of a gene or chromosome od a cell
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