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meiosis vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Asexual Reproduction | reproducing with only one parent produing an offspring that is identical to the parent |
| Sexual Reproduction | reproducing with two parents to create a new organism |
| Chromosome | a thread like structure of DNA and protein that contains genetic information |
| Chromatid | one of the two identical parts of a duplicated chromosome |
| Gene | sequance of DNA that codes protein and determines a trait that is passed from the parent |
| Allele | a diffrent type of gene |
| Meiosis | the number of chromosomes are cut in half through the seperation of homologous chromosomes in a diploid cell |
| Homologous chromosomes | one set comes from the male parent and one from the female parent |
| Tetrad | structure containing four chromotids that forms during mitosis |
| Crossing Over | process when chromosomes extange portions ofn their chromotids during mitosis |
| Gamete | sex cell |
| Diploid | a cell that contains two sets of homologous chromosomes |
| Haploid | a cell that contains only one set of gene |