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Unit 2 Topic 4 vocab
Meiosis
| 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 bundled into packages of DNA. |
| Chromatid | One of two identical "sister" parts of a duplicated chromosome |
| Gene | sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a trait; factor that is passed from the parent to the 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 | Term used to refer to chromosomes in which one set comes from the male parent and one set comes from the female parent. |
| Tetrad | The structure containing four chromatids that forms during meiosis |
| Crossing Over | Process in which homologous chromosomes exchange portions of their chromatids during meiosis |
| Gamete | Sex cell |
| Diploid | Term used to refer to a cell that contains two sets of homologous chromosomes. |
| Haploid | Term used to refer to a cell that contains only a single set of genes. |