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Term | Definition |
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crossing over | A process occurring during meiosis wherein two chromosomes pair up and exchange segments of their genetic material. |
diploid | A cell or an organism consisting of two sets of chromosomes: usually, one set from the mother and another set from the father. In a diploid state the haploid number is doubled, thus, this condition is also known as 2n. |
egg | the starting point |
genetic recombination | Genetic recombination is the transmission-genetic process by which the combinations of alleles observed at different loci in two parental individuals become shuffled in offspring individuals. |
haploid | A cell or an organism having half of the number of chromosomes in somatic cells. |
homologous chromosome | a chromosome with the same gene sequence as another |
meiosis | type of cell division where one body cell produces four gametes, each containing half the number of chromosomes as a parent's body cell |
nondisjunction | failure of homologous chromosomes or sister chromatids to separate subsequent to metaphase in meiosis or mitosis so that one daughter cell has both and the other neither of the chromosomes |
sexual reproduction | two parents donate genes to their young, resulting in offspring with a mix of inherited genes. |
sperm | refers to the male reproductive |