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Chapter 2 terms

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Environment   the external surroundings in which a plant or animal lives, which tend to influence its development and behaviour.  
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Plant breeding   The selection of the very best plants and the saving of seeds from those plants.  
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Enzyme   A protein created by an organism that increases the rate at which chemical reactions occur.  
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Rennin   A coagulating enzyme that can curdle milk, found in rennet.  
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Fermentation   A process involving yeasts or other microorganisms breaking down a substance.  
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Yeast   A single-celled ascomycetous fungi in which little or no mycelium develops and which ordinarily reproduce by budding  
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Heredity   the characteristics we get genetically from Tur parents and our relatives before them.  
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Law of segregation   The members of a pair of homologous chromosomes segregate during meiosis and are distributed to different gametes.  
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Law of independent assortment   Each member of a pair of homologous chromosomes segregates during meiosis independently of the members of other pairs, so that alleles carried on different chromosomes are distributed randomly to the gametes.  
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Cells   The smallest unit of an organism with a nucleus.  
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Vaccine   An inoculation used to stimulate antibodies in your body so you will develop immunity against a certain disease.  
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Antibiotic   A medicine that helps a person or animal heal from an infection by destroying or limiting harmful microorganisms.  
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Artificial insemination   The impregnation of a female by artificially injecting semen into the vagina, uterus, etc. rather than by sexual intercourse.  
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Embryo transfer   The fertilized ovum is transferred at the blastocyst stage to the recipient's uterus.  
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Genetic code   The biochemical code in DNA or RNA that determines the characteristics of an organism, made up of a long chain or sequence of nucleotides, codons, and genes  
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Vertical gene transfer   The biological process by which new offspring individual organisms are produced from their "parents".  
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DNA   A self-replicating material present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes.  
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Double helix   A pair of parallel helices intertwined about a common axis.  
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Genetic engineering   The deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its genetic material.  
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Horizontal gene transfer   The transfer of genes between organisms in a manner other than traditional reproduction.  
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Gene splicing   The technology of preparing recombinant DNA in vitro by cutting up DNA molecules and splicing together fragments from more than one organism.  
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