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Genetics Vocabulary

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heredity   show
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show formed by, characterized by, or being a process of reproduction (as the dividing of one cell into two cells) that does not involve the combining of male and female germ cells  
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show the process by which living things produce offspring  
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show one set of instructions for an inherited trait  
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show a molecule that is present in all living cells and that contains the information that determines the traits that a living thing inherits and needs to live  
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show 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   show
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show a trait that is apparent only when two recessive alleles for the same characteristic are inherited  
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show one of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic, such as hair color  
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show the entire genetic makeup of an organism; also the combination of genes for one or more specific traits  
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phenotype   show
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meiosis   show
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show in eukaryotic cells, a process of cell division that forms two new nuclei, each of which has the same number of chromesomes  
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Interphase   show
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show Chromesomes condense from long strands to rod like structures.  
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Metaphase   show
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show Chromatids separate and move to the opposite sidesof the cell.  
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Telophase   show
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Cytokinesis   show
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