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Chromosome | a cell that carries genetic structure in the form of genes
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Gene | a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring
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Allele | one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.
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Meiosis | a cell division that results one sell to split into 4 cell with half the chromosomes each time.
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Gamete | a cell that is from the male or female that is able to unite with another of the opposite sex
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Fertilization | the act of a male sperm and a female egg to joining together
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Dominant | One allele that totally masks the other allele
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Recissive | that one of a pair of alternative alleles whose effect is masked by the activity of the second
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Genotype | the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
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Phenotype | the observable constitution of an organism.
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Homozygous | having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics
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Heterozygous | Two different versions of the same allele
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Autosome | any chromosome other than a sex chromosome.
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Sex Chromosome | a chromosome, differing in shape or function from other chromosomes, that determines the sex of an individual.
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