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Class: BIOL - Biology 1 - Introduction; Subject: Biology / Biological Sciences; University: Washington & Jefferson College; Term: Forever 1989;
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Heredity is the passing of traits to offspring (from its parent or ancestors). TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 the scientific study of heredity and hereditary variation TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 A gene is a unit of heredity in a living organism. TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 Reproductive cell that transmit genes from one generation to the next TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 a genes specific location along the length of the chromosome
Asexual reproduction is reproduction which does not involve meiosis, ploidy reduction, or fertilization. A single individual is the sole parent and passes copies of all its genes to its offspring TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 a group of genetically identical individuals TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 Sexual reproduction is characterized by processes that pass a combination of genetic material to offspring, resulting in increased genetic diversity. TERM 9
DEFINITION 9 generation to generation sequence of stages in the reproductive history of an organism, from conception to production of its own offspring TERM 10
DEFINITION 10 Any cell other than those is gamete formation. has 46 chromosomes
An X TERM 17
DEFINITION 17 An X or Y TERM 18
DEFINITION 18 is the fusion of gametes to produce a new organism. TERM 19
DEFINITION 19 is the initial cell formed when a new organism is produced by means of sexual reproduction. Contains two haploid sets of chromosomes TERM 20
DEFINITION 20 the gametes
multicellular diploid stage TERM 22
DEFINITION 22 Meiosis in the sporophyte produces haploid cells TERM 23
DEFINITION 23 A gametophyte is the haploid, multicellular phase of plants and algae that undergo alternation of generations, with each of its cells containing only a single set of chromosomes (haploid) TERM 24
DEFINITION 24 Synapsis is the pairing of two homologous chromosomes that occurs during meiosis. TERM 25
DEFINITION 25 genetic rearrangement between nonsister chromatids
