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14 Cards in this Set
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heredity
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passing traits from parents
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asexual reproduction
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production of offspring by single parent
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gene
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sections of DNA that control the substances
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sexual reproduction
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reproduction by two parents
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egg cell
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sexual cell of the female parent
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sperm cell
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sexual cell of the male parent
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meiosis
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the process of cell division
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fertilization
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the joining of male and female cell in sexual reproduction
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selective breeding
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process of selecting a few organisms with desired traits
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what factors influence an organisms characteristics?
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genes
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what is a gene?
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sections in DNA control characteristics
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what are four ways that organisms reproduce asexually?
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Spores
budding aerial grafting binary fission |
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why does asexual reproduction produce offspring with identical DNA?
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because DNA is replicated exactly from the parent to daugther
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describe the DNA structure
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two long chain molecule made up of units called nucleotides twisted Doble helix
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