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PHENOTYPES
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the most obvious physical and behavioral similarities between them and their parents. These directly observable characteristics ar called
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GENOTYPE
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the complex blend of genetic information that determines our species and influences all our unique characteriscts.
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CHROMOSOMES
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each of us is made up of trillions of units called cells. Inside every cell is a control center that contains rodlike structures called --which stored and transmit genetic information
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DEOXYRIBONUCLEI ACID OR DNA
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chromosomes are made up of a chemical substance called
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GENE
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is a segment of DNA along the length of the chromosome.
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MITOSIS
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a unique feature of DNA is that it can duplicate itself through a process called.
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GAMETES
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or sex cells-the sperm and ovum combine
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MEIOSIS
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gametes are formed through a cell division process called---which halves the number of chromosomes normally present in body cells.
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