Advanced Biology 13
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| Genetics | The scientific study of heredity and hereditary variation.
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| Genes | A discrete unit of hereditary information consisting of a specific nucleotide sequence in DNA.
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| Gametes | A haploid reproductive cell such as an egg or sperm.
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| Somatic Cell | Any cell in a multicellular organism except a sperm or egg or their precursors.
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| Locus | A specific place along the length of a chromosome where a given gene is located.
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| Sexual Reproduction | A type of reproduction in which two parents give rise to offspring that have unique combinations of genes inherited from both parents via the gametes.
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| Homologous Chromosomes | A pair of chromosomes of the same length, centromere position, and staining pattern that possess genes for the same characters at corresponding loci.
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| Diploid Cell | A cell containing two sets of chromosomes (2n), one set inherited from each parent.
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| Haploid Cell | A cell containing only one set of chromosomes (n).
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| Meiosis | A modified type of cell division in sexually reproducing organisms consisting of two rounds of cell division but only one round of DNA replication. Results in gametes.
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| Crossing Over | The reciprocal exchange of genetic material between nonsister chromatids during phrophase I of meiosis.
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| Chromatid | One half of a duplicated chromosome.
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| Autosome | A chromosome that is not directly involved in determining sex.
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| Fertilization | The union of haploid gametes to produce a diploid zygote.
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