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Type of reproduction that requires the joining of two sex cells
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Sexual reproduction
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Male sex cells
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Sperm
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term for the joining of an egg and sperm
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fertilization
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what a cell forms when an egg and sperm join
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zygote
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the type of reproduction that produces a new organism: with identical chromosomes to those of the parent organism
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asexual reproduction
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Structure in a cell's nucleus holds the hereditary information
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chromosomes
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cells in your body grow and divide every day by this process
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mitosis
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the process that produces haploid sex cells
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meiosis
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Term for any permanent change in a gene or chromosome
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mutation
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the section of DNA that contain instructions for producing certain proteins
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genes
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a type of nucleic acid that carries the codes for making proteins from the nucleus to the ribosomes
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RNA
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describes cells that have pairs of chromosomes
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diploid
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the code that contains all the information that an organism needs to grow and function
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DNA
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cells formed in the female reproductive organs which contain stored food along with the other cell parts
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egg
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name 6 parts of the DNA molecule
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Adenine
thymine phosphate sugar guanine cytosine |
