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Chapter 5 vocab

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What are the two sex cells? sperm and egg
What is the process that produces sex cells? meiosis
What is the process that produces body cells? mitosis
Different versions of the same genes are called___________? alleles
Genes carry information that determines__________? traits
What is the process that produces cells with half the normal number of chromosomes? meiosis
What is the passing of traits from parent to offspring? heredity
What chromosomes do males have? XY chromosome
What chromosomes do females have? XX chromosome
What is the study of heredity? genetics
What are traits? the physical characteristics of an organism
What are factors that control traits? genes
What is a graphic used to predict the results of a genetic cross? Punnett Square
What is a heterozygous? an organism with two different alleles
What is a homozygous? an organism with two identical alleles
What is phenotype? an organisms physical apperence
What is asexual reproduction? it involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent.
What is sexual reproduction? it involves two parents and the offspring has half of each parents genes and they don't look the same as parents.
What is the trait that shows up in the first generation? dominant gene
What is the trait that shows up in the second generation? recessive gene
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