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Bio/Int. 2- Lesson 7
Cellular Reproduction
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Asexual Reproduction | process in which a cell makes an exact copy of itself |
| Sexual Reproduction | process in which two parents combine genetic information to produce offspring with new and unique combinations of both parents’ traits |
| Binary Fission | a type of asexual reproduction in which a prokaryote duplicates its DNA, divides in half, and produces two identical daughter cells |
| Mitosis | part of the eukaryotic cell cycle in which the cell nucleus divides and creates two identical daughter cells |
| Meiosis | part of eukaryotic cell cycle where cells produce new cells that are genetically dissimilar from the parent cell, only occurs in organisms who reproduce sexually |
| Genes | a unit of DNA that codes for a specific trait |
| Diploid | term used to refer to a cell that contains both sets of homologous chromosomes |
| Haploid | term used to refer to a cell that contains only a single set of chromosomes and therefore only a single set of genes |
| Karyotype | snapshot of the pairs of chromosomes contained within a cell of an organism |
| Cytokinesis | the process of a cell splitting into two cells, thus dividing the cytoplasm |