Genetics
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| heredity | the passing of genetics traits from parent to offspring
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| asexual | a process of reproduction (as the dividing of one cell into two cells)
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| reproduction | the process by which living things produce offspring, the act or process of copying something
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| gene | one set of instructions for an inherited trait
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| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid, a molecule that is present in all living things and that contains the information that determines the traits that a living thing inherits and needs to live
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| chromosomes | in a eukaryotic cell, one of the structures in the nucleus that are made up of DNA and protein, in a prokaryotic cell, the main ring of DNA
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| dominant trait | the trait observed in the first generation when parents that have different traits are bred
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| recessive trait | a trait that is apparent only when two recessive alleles for the same characteristic are inherited
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| alleles | one of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic such as, such as hair color
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| genotypes | the entire genetic makeup of an organism, also the combination of genes for one or more specific traits
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| phenotypes | an organism's appearance or other detectable characteristic
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| meiosis | a process in cell division during which the number of chromosomes decreases to half the original number by two divisions of the nucleus, which results in the production of sex cells
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| mitosis | in eukaryotic cells, a process of cell division that forms two new nuclei, each of which has the same number of chromosomes
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