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All species of organisms reproduce in someway. There are 2 types of reproduction.
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Asexual Reproduction
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Individual organism that reproduces offspring identical to the parent. They don't need a sexual partner. Can reproduce by themselves.
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Sexual Reproduction
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Two sex cells combine to form unique offspring with characteristics from both parent cells. In most mammals, those specialized sex cells are called ova and sperm.
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Vocab: Traits
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Physical characteristics of organisms. (Phenotype)
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Vocab: Heredity
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Passing traits from the parent to offspring.
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Vocab: Genes
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The factors that control traits. (Genotype)
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Vocab: Alleles
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Different forms of a gene. (Letters)
•(Purebred)Homozygous- two identical alleles. Ex. RR or rr •(Hybrid)Heterozygous- two different alleles. Ex. Rr |
Homozygous alleles are either both capital or lower-case letters. RR, rr
Heterozygous alleles, one uppercase letter and one lowercase letter. Rr |
