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Cell Reproduction V.
Cell Reproduction Vocabulary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Many cells in your body grow and divide every day by what process | mitosis |
| what structure in a cell's nucleus holds the hereditary information | chromosomes |
| term for the joining of an egg and sperm | fertilization |
| the sections of DNA that contain instructions for producing specific proteins | genes |
| what are male sex cells called | sperm |
| what cell forms when an egg and a sperm join | zygote |
| the term for any permanent change in a gene or chromosome | mutation |
| the type of reproduction that produces a new organism; with identical chromosomes to those of the parent organism | asexual |
| the process that produces haploid sex cells | meiosis |
| an organism grows and functions by following the information in this code | DNA |
| the term for female sex cells | eggs |
| cells with pairs of chromosomes are this | diploid |
| type of reproduction that requires the joining of two sex cells | sexual |
| this type of nucleic acid carries the information needed to make proteins | RNA |
| cells that do not have pairs of chromosomes (sex cells) | haploid |