Meiosis School
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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 | process in which the sex cells from two parents combines to produce offspring that share traits from both parent
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| pedigree | a diagram that shows the occurrence of a genetic trait in several generations of a family
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| fertilization | a cell formed by a union of two gametes
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| carrier | a person who has one recessive allele for a trait and one dominant allele, by does not have the trait
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| egg | a sex cell produced by a female
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| sperm | the male sex cell
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| homogolous chromosome | chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes and the same structure
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| meiosis | a process in cell division during which the number of chromosomes decreases to half the original number by two division of the nucleus, which results in the production of sex cells (gametes or spores)
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| chromosomes | in a eukaryotic cell, one of the structures in the nucleus that are made up of DNA and protein; in a prokaryotic cell, the main ring of DNA
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| internal fertilization | fertilization of an egg by sperm that occurs inside the body of a female
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| external fertilization | the union of sex cells outside the bodies of the parents
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| gamete | a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
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| zygote | a fertilized egg
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| diploid | a cell that contains two haploid sets of chromosomes
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| haploid | an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes
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| sex chromosomes | a sperm or an egg cell
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| sex-linked gene | a gene that is carried on the X or Y chromosome
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| selective breeding | The process of selecting a few organisms with desired traits to serve as parents of the next generation
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| inbreeding | the act of mating closely related individuals to fix desirable characteristics and eliminate unfavorable characteristics
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| hybridization | to produce hybrids by mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants
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| co | together
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| hetero | other
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| homo | same
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| geno | to become
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| pheno | to show
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| karyo | nucleus
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| re | back, again
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