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vocabulary 2/18

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reproduction in which sex cells of which sex cells of each parent unite to produce offspring that share traits from both   sexual reporduction  
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reproduction that doesn't involve the union of the sex cells in which a single parent produces it & it genetically looks identical   asexual reproduction  
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to breed or cause the production of the hybrid   hybridization  
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human practice of breeding animals or plants that have certain desired traits   selective breeding  
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a cell, cell products or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual form which it was deprived   cloning  
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in an eukaryotic cell, one of the structures in the nucleus that are made up of DNA & protein;in the prokaryotic cell, the main ring of DNA   chromosomes  
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organism carrying an unexpressed defective gene   carrier  
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diagram that shows the occurrence of a genetic trait in several generations of family- like a "family tree"   pedigree  
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breed from closely related people or animals   inbreeding  
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phenotypic expression of an allele related to the chromosomal sex of the individual   sex-linked cells  
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when the egg & sperm fuze   zygote  
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process of cell division which the # of chromosomes decrease by 2 divisions of the nucleus, which results in the production of sex cells   meiosis  
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action/process of fertilizing an egg, female animal, or plant involving the fusion of male & female gametes to form a zygote   fertilization  
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a pair of chromosomes that determine the sex of an indivisual   sex chromosomes  
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containing to complete set of chromosomes 1 from each parent   diploid  
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describes a cell, nucleus or organism that has only one set of unpaired chromosomes   haploid  
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a mature haploid male/female germ cell that is able to unite with another of opposite sex in sexual production to form a zygote   gamete  
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fertilization of an egg by sperm that occurs inside the body of a female   internal fertilization  
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union of sex cells outside the bodies of the parents   external fertilization  
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chromosomes that carry the same set of genes   homologous chromosomes  
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male sex cell   sperm  
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female sex cell   egg  
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