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11 Cards in this Set
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ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION |
REPRODUCTION THAT DOES NOT INVOLVE THE UNION OF GAMETES AND IN WHICH A SINGLE PARENT PRODUCES OFFSPRING THAT ARE GENETICALLY IDENTICAL TO THE PARENT |
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SEXUAL REPRODUCTION |
REPRODUCTION IN WHICH GAMETES FROM TWO PARENTS UNITE |
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GAMETE |
A HAPLOID REPRODUCTIVE CELL THAT UNITES WITH ANOTHER HAPLOID CELL TO FORM A ZYGOTE |
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MEIOSIS |
A PROCESS IN CELL DIVISION DURING WHICH THE NUMBER OF CHROMOSOMES DECREASES TO HALF THE ORIGINAL NUMBER BY TWO DIVISIONS OF THE NUCLEUS,WHICH RESULTS IN THE PRODUCTION OF SEX CELLS |
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FERTILIZATION |
THE UNION OF A MALE AND FEMALE GAMETE TO FORM A ZYGOTE |
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DIPLOID |
A CELL THAT CONTAINS TWO HAPLOID SETS OF CHROMOSOMES |
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HAPLOID |
DESCRIBES A CELL,NUCLEUS,OR ORGANISM THAT HAS ONLY ONE SET OF UNPAIRED CHROMOSOMES |
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HOMOLOGOUS CHROMOSOME |
CHROMOSOMES THAT HAVE THE SAME SEQUENCE OF GENES,THAT HAVE THE SAME STRUCTURE,AND THAT PAIR DURING MEIOSIS |
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AUTOSOME |
ANY CHROMOSOME THAT IS NOT A SEX CHROMOSOME |
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SEX CHROMOSOME |
ONE OF THE PAIR OF CHROMOSOMES THAT DETERMINE THE SEX OF AN INDIVIDUAL |
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INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT |
THE RANDOM DISTRIBUTION OF THE PAIRS OF GENES ON DIFFERENT CHROMOSOMES TO THE GAMETES |