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Meiosis Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Asexual Reproduction | Genetically identical offsrping from a single parent |
| Sexual Reproduction | Fusion of two reproductive cells formed by each of the two parents |
| Chromosome | Genetic information that is bundled into packages of DNA |
| Chromatid | Chromosomes in eukaryotic cells that contain DNA tightly bound to proteins (known as histones) |
| Gene | Sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a trait; factor that is passed from the parent to offspring |
| Allele | One of different forms of gene |
| Meiosis | The first stage of cell divison, division of the cell nucleus |
| Homologous chromosomes | Four chromosomes from a male parent and four chromosomes from a female parent, these two sets is this: |
| Tetrad | Paired chromosomes from miosis that pairs with its corresponding homologous chromosome |
| Crossing Over | After the chromosomes pair, they sometimes do this, in which bits and pieces of the homologous chromosomes are exchanged |
| Gamete | Sex cell |
| Diploid | A cell with two sets of homologous chromosomes |
| Haploid | Single set of chromosomes, therefor a single set of genes |