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18 Cards in this Set
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Heredity |
The transmission of traits from one generation to the next |
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Variation |
Similar, not identical, but different traits. |
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Genetics |
The scientific study of heredity and variation |
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Genes |
The coded information in the form of heredity units. |
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Gametes |
Reproductive cells. |
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Locus |
is the specific location or position of a gene on a chromosome |
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Asexual reproduction |
A single individual I'd the sole parent and passes copies of all its genes to offspring without gametes. |
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Sexual reproductive |
2 parents give life to an offspring that have unique combinations of genes inherited from 2 parents. |
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Karyotype |
Image of the Chromosomes arranged in pairs, starting with the longest. |
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Sex chromosomes |
Determines the individual sex, X and Y chromosomes. |
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Autosomes |
any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome. |
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Haploid |
Half as much as the cell started with |
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Fertilization |
Sperm and egg fuses. |
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Zygote |
Resulting in a fertilized egg or (zygote) (diploid) |
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Meiosis |
Reduced the number of sets of chromosomes from two to 1 in the gametes. |
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Synaptonemal complex |
Holds one homologous chromosomes tightly to the other |
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Synapsis |
the fusion of chromosome pairs at the start of meiosis. |
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Homologous chromosome |
Two chromosomes of a pair, have the same length, size, Etc. 2 sets of sister chromatids put together. |
