BIOLOGY
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| somatic cell | body cells that make up most of your body tissues and organs
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| gamete | sex cels, ova or eggs, in the female, and spermatozoa, or sperm cells, in the male
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| homologous chromosomes | two chromosomes, one inherited from the mother, one from the father, that have the same length and general appearance
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| autosome | chromosomes that contain genes for characteristics not directly related to the sex of an organism
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| sex chromosome | directly control the development of sexual characteristics
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| sexual reproduction | involves the fusion of two gametes, resulting in offspring that are a genetic mixture of both parents
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| fertilization | actual fusion of an egg and a sperm cell
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| diploid | cell has two copies of each chromosome, one copy from the mother, one copy from the father
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| haploid | cell has only one copy of each chromosome
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| meiosis | form of nuclear division that divides a diploid cell into haploid cells
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| gametogenesis | production of gametes
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| sperm cell | male gamete, much smaller then the egg that gives the embryo DNA
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| egg cell | much larger then the sperm cell, a female gamete
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| polar bodies | cells with little more than DNA that are eventually broken down
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