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Reproduction Study
Term | Definition |
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Genes | Code for speific traits like eye color |
DNA | coil of genetic material/ Instructions |
Egg | Girl part and has 23 chromosomes |
Sperm | Guy part and has 23 chromosomes |
Fertilized Egg | Both girl and guy parts and has 46 chromosomes which is half from each parent |
Zygote | fertilized egg |
Meiosis | Creates 4 unique cell from a parent cell Used to produce sex cells Number of chromosomes are cut in half |
Both Meiosis and Mitosis | Genectic material is transferred to a new cell. |
Mitosis | Daughter cells are identical to the parent cells created 2 identical cells from each parent cell used for healing cell the number of chromosomes remains the same |
Sexual | Meiosis Offspring gets 50% of DNA from one parent More Genetic Diversity Two Parents are needed to make offspring |
Both Sexual and Asexual | Creates an offspring Both do Mitosis |
Asexual | Offspring gets 100% of Parent DNA Less genetic Diversity 1 Parent is used to create offspring |