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Kramer, Chap. 4
Kramer, Chap. 4 Cell Reproduction
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Type of reproduction- fission, budding, and regeneration- in which a new organism is produced from one organism and has DNA identical to the parent organism | Asexual reproduction |
| Structure in a cell's nucleus that contains hereditary material | Chromosome |
| Cell whose similar chromosomes occur in pairs. | Diploid |
| Deoxyribonucleic acid; the genetic material of all organisms; made up of two twisted strands of sugar-phosphate molecules and nitrogen bases | DNA |
| Happloid sex cell formed in the female reproductive organs. | Egg |
| In sexual reproduction, the joining of a sperm and egg. | Fertilization |
| Section of DNA on a chromosome that contains instructions for making specific proteins | Gene |
| Cell that has half the number of chromosomes as body cells | Haploid |
| Reproductive process that produces four haploid sex cellls from one diploid cell and ensures offspring will have the same number of chromosomes as the parent organism. | Meiosis |
| Cell process in which the nucleus divides to form two nuclei identical to each other, and identical to the original nucleus, in a series of steps (prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase.) | Mitosis |
| Ribonucleic acid; a type of nucleic acid that carries codes form making proteins from the nucleus to the ribosome. | RNA |
| Type of reproduction in which two sex cells, usually an egg and sperm, join to form a zygote, which will develop into a new organism with a unique identity. | Sexual reproduction |
| Haploid sex cell formed in the male reproductive organs. | Sperm |
| New diploid cell formed when a sperm fertilizes an egg; will divide by mitosis and develop into a new organism | Zygote |