Chapter 11
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| passing of traits from parents to offspring | heredity
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| an inherited characteristic of an organism | trait
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| one of the different forms of a trait | allele
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| a rod or X-shaped structure made of DNA | chromosome
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| a section of DNA that contains the information for one trait | gene
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| study of heredity | genetics
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| a sex cell (involved in sexual reproduction) | gamete
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| the male gamete | sperm
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| the female gamete | egg
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| a normal body cell, not a gamete | somatic cell
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| the union (joining) of a male gamete and a female gamete | fertilization
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| the cell resulting from fertilization | zygote
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| what is the process of cell division that makes sex cells | meiosis
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| Why does only ONE of the parent's genes passed on? | For each gene, an offspring gets one from the mom and one from the dad
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| what is a cell called that has a double set of chromosomes, in pairs? | diploid
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| what is a cell called that has a single (half) set of chromosomes, not in pairs? | haploid
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