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vocab

TermDefinition
somatic cell cells in body other than sperm and egg cells
gamete a mature haploid male or female germ cell which is able to to unite wt another of the opposite sex
homologous chromosome two chromosomes in a pair
autosome one of the numbered chromosomes
fertilization The process of combining the male gamete, or sperm, with the female gamete, or ovum.
haploid a single set of chromosomes in an organism's cells
diploid 2 complete sets of chromosomes in an organism's cells
meiosis a type of cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes in the parent cell by half and produces four gamete cells
gametogenesis the production of gametes from haploid
sperm the male gamete
egg the female gamete
polar body a cell that separates from the immature ovum during meiosis
traits characteristics that are inherited
genetics the study of biological inheritance patterns and variation in organisms
cross the mating of two organisms
purebreed plants that are genetically uniform
law of segregation mendal's first law
gene a piece of dna
alele any of the dif forms of a gene
homozygous two alleles are the same
heteraygous two alleles are dif
dominant a trait that is expressed only when genotype is heteraygous
recessive a trait that is expressed only when genotype is homozygous
genotype the set if alleles a organism has for a trait
phenotype what the resulting trait looks like
genome all of a organism's genetic material
punnett square a grid system for predicting all possible genotypes
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