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AP Bio Chapter 13

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heredity   the transmission of traits from one generation to the next  
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variation   when offspring differ somewhat in in appearance from parents to siblings  
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Genetics   the scientific study of heredity and heredity variation  
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genes   coded information in the form of hereditary units passed on from parents to offspring  
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locus (pl. loci)   a gene's specific location along the length of a chromosome  
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asexual reproduction   a single individual is the sole parent and passes along copies of all its genes to its offspring, ex. single-celled eukaryotic organisms  
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clone   a group of genetically identical individual, reproduced asexually  
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sexual reproduction   greater in variations, two parents give rise to offspring that have unique combinations of genes inherited from two parents  
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life cycle aka the circle of life : )   the generation to generation sequences of stages in the reproductive history of an organism, from conception to reproduction  
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somatic cell   any cell other than a sperm or ovam  
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karyotype   a method of organizing the chromosomes of a cell in relation to number,size, and type  
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homologous chromosomes   two chromosomes that have the same length, centromere position, and staining pattern  
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sex chromosomes   X and Y chromosomes that determines a persons sex  
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autosomes   any chromosome other than X and Y  
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gametes   a reproductive cell, 22 autosomes  
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haploid cell   a cell with a single chromosome set  
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fertilization (syngamy)   the union of gametes  
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zygote   fertizlized egg, result of fertilization  
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diploid cells   includes the zygote and all other cells having 2 sets of chromosomes  
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meiosis   form of cell division in testes and ovaries, occurs in 2 concectutive cell divisions (I & II)  
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alternation of generations   type of life cycle, prominent in plants, both diploid and haploid multicellular stages  
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sporophyte   multicellular diploid stage of alternation of generations  
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spores   haploid cells produced by meiosis in the sporophyte  
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gametophyte   the multicellular haploid stage when a spore divides mitotically  
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synapsis   when duplicated chromosomes pair up with their homologues  
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tetrad   four closely associated chromatids of a homologous pair  
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chiasmata (chiasma)   x shaped regions representing a crossing of nonsister chromatid  
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crossing over   produces individual chromosomes that combine genes inherited from two parents  
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