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Somatic Cell |
body cells with DNA from both of your parents |
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Gamete |
sex cells with one set of DNA to pass on to your offsprings |
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Chromosome |
Tightly coiled packages of DNA |
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Sex Chromosome |
Control the sex of an organism x or y |
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Autosome |
control all other life functions |
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Homologous Chromosome |
two chromosomes come from mother and other from fathers of the same size and genes |
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Haploid |
have one copy of each chromosome
type; gametes egg and sprem |
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Diploid |
have two copies of each chromosome type; somatic cells |
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Sexual Reproduction |
fusion of two gametes to mix parents genetic information |
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Fertilization |
joining of an egg and sperm |
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Zygote |
diploid cell resulting from joining of haploid egg and sperm |
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Meiosis |
the process that divides a diploid cell into four haploid cells |
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sexual reproduction |
fusion of 2 gametes to mix parents genetic information |
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Fertilization |
joining of an egg and sperm |
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Zygote |
Diploid cell resulting from joining of haploid egg and sperm |
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meiosis |
The process that divides a diploid cell into four haploid cell |
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gene |
piece of DNA that stores instructions to make a certain protein. |
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Allele |
any of the different form of gene |
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Homozygous |
2 alleles of a gene are the same |
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Heterozygous |
2 alleles of the gene are different. |
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dominant |
expressed when 2 different alleles are present |
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recessive |
expressed any when there are 2 copies of this allele |
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genotype |
set of alleles one has for a trait |
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phenotype |
what the trait looks like |
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genome |
all of organisms genetic material |
