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21 Cards in this Set
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Chromatid |
a rod shaped structure made of DNA and protiens |
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Chromosome |
Each half of a chromosome |
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Centromere |
a point where 2 chromatids of a chromosome are attached |
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Chromatin |
The less tightly coiled DNA- protein complex |
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Sex Chromosomes |
Chromosomes that determin the sex of an organism, and they also carry genes for other characteristics |
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Autosomes |
All of the other chromosomes in an organism |
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Homologous Chromosomes, or Homogues |
the same size and shape and carry genes of the same traits |
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Karyotype |
Which is a photomicrograph of the chromosomes in a normal dividing cell found in a human |
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Diploid |
Cells having 2 sets of chromosomes
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Haploid |
Sperm and Egg Cells; which only contain one set of chromosomes |
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Binary-Fission |
the division of a prokaryote cell into 2 offspring cells |
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Mitosis |
The first type of cell division |
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Asexual Reproduction |
the production of offspring from one parent |
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Meiosis |
the second type of cell division |
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Gametes |
the formation in which meiosis occurs |
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Interphase |
the time between cell division |
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Cytokinesis |
the division of the cells cytoplasm |
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Cell Plate |
when the vesicles form the Golgi appaertus join together at the midline of the dividing cell |
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Crossing-Over |
a process when the portions of the chromatids may break off and attach to the adjacent chromatids on the homologous chromosomes |
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Genetic-Recombinations |
the regrouping of genes and in an offspring that results in a genetic makeup that is different from that of the parents |
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Independent Assortment |
the random distribution of the pairs of genes on different chromosomes to the gametes |
