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Diploid
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Two fold; 46 chromosomes that represent 23 pairs of chromosomes
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Haploid
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Sperm and egg; only one set of 23 chromosomes
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Homologous chromosomes
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Chromosomes that look the same under the microscope. May have the same location
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None
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Autosome
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Chromosomes 1-22. All but the sex chromosomes
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Genotype
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Set of genes and alleles
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Phenotype
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Physical observable traits
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Heterozygous
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Different alleles in the same location
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Homozygous
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Same alleles in the same location
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Karyotype
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Display of all chromosomes
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Restrictive enzyme
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Break bonds between base pairs in DNA strand
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Analogous structures
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Structures that share a common function but not necessarily a common ancestry
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Regulatory genes
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Code for repressor or activator regulatory proteins
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Structural gene
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Code for an enzyme or structural protein
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Transcription
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The process by which the DNA code a single gene is converted into a complementary single strand of RNA
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Microevolution
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Evolution as a result of genetic changes that give rise to new species
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Vestigial structures
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Structure that may have had a function in some ancestor but no longer severs as any function (Human tailbone)
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Acid rain
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Sulfuric acid and nitric acid which dissolve in raindrops
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Aquifer Deep
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underground reservoir of water
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Gene flow
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Physical allele caused by movement of individuals inor out of a population
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Genetic drift
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Random changes in allele frequency due to chance events
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