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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Asexual Reproduction | The production of genetically identical offspring from a single parent. |
| Sexual Reproduction | The fusion of two reproductive cells formed by each of two parents. |
| Chromosome | Genetic information is bundled into packages of DNA. |
| Chromatid | Each duplicated chromosomes condense to appear as two thick strands. |
| Gene | sequence of DNA that codes For a protein and thus determines for a trait; factor that is passed from the parent to offspring. |
| Allele | One of different forms of a gene. |
| Meiosis | Process in which the number of chromosomes per cell is cut in half through the separation of homologous chromosomes in a diploid cell. |
| Homologous chromosomes | Each of the four chromosomes from the male parent has a corresponding chromosomes from the female parent. |
| Tetrad | Cells begin to divide, and the chromosomes pair up. |
| Crossing Over | Bits and pieces of the homologous chromosomes are exchanged. |
| Gamete | Sex cell. |
| Diploid | Cell with two sets of homologous chromosomes. |
| Haploid | single. |