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Menstrual Cycle
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An egg that has not been fertilized will be released from the female body during this process.
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Testosterone
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A hormone that is made in the testes that control male traits.
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estrogen
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A hormone that is made by the uterus that controls female traits.
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Chromosomes
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Genes are located on these structures.
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Meiosis
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The type of cell division that creates sex cells.
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Mitosis
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The type of cell division for growth and repair.
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Alleles
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The different forms of a gene.
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Mutation
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A change in a gene or chromosome.
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Hybrid
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What scientist call an organism with two different alleles. ex Dd
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gene
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A section of chromosome that controls traits.
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Traits
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Physical characteristics studied in genetics.
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Replication
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When DNA makes a copy of itself.
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In Mitosis, if a body cell has 24 chromosomes, how many will the daughter cells have?
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24 or the Same
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In Meosis, if the body cell has 24 chromosomes, how many will the sex cell have?
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12 or half
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Purebred
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An organism that produces traits with the same traits (like tallness or shortness) as the parent. ex DD (usually the Dominant allele)
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DNA
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The genetic material that carries information and is passed from one parent to its offspring.
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