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Williamson Chapter 4 cell reproduction

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asexual   the type of reproduction that produces a new organism with identical chromosomes of those of the parent organism.  
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genes   sections of DNA that contain instructions for producing specific proteins.  
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RNA   Nucleic acid carrying the information needed to make proteins  
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chromosome   structure in a cells nucleus that holds hereditary information  
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haploid   cells that do not have pairs of chromosomes (sex cells)  
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sexual   reproduction that requires the joining of two sex cells  
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diploid   cells with pairs of chromosomes are this  
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meiosis   the process that produces haploid sex cells  
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sperm   male sex cells  
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DNA   an organism grows and functions by following the information in this code  
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mitosis   process cells grow and divide  
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zygote   cell forms when an egg and a sperm join  
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eggs   female sex cells  
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mutation   any permanent change in a gene or chromosome  
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fertilization   term for joining an egg and sperm  
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