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| A type of reproduction in which a new organism is produced from one organism and has DNA identical to the parent; Known as fission, budding or regeneration |
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| structure in a cell's nucleus that contains hereditary material |
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| cell whose similar chromosomes occur in pairs |
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| deoxyribonucleic acid; the genetic material of all organisms; made up of two twisted strands of sugar-phosphate molecules and nitrogen bases |
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| haploid sex cell formed in the female reproductive organs |
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| in sexual reproduction, the joining of a sperm and egg |
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| section of DNA on a chromosome that contains instructions for making specific proteins |
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| a cell that has half the number of chromosomes as body cells |
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| reprodcutive process that produces four haploid sex cells from one diploid cell and ensures offspring will have the same number of chromosomes as the parent |
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| cell process in which the nucleus divides to form two nuclei identical to each other and identical to the original nucleus, in a series of steps (prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase) |
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| any permanenet change in a gene or chromosome of a cell; may be beneficial, harmful, or have little effect on an organism |
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| ribonucleic acid; a type of nucleic acid that carries codes for making proteins from the nucleus to the ribosomes |
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| a type of reproduction in which two sex cells, usually an egg and a sperm, join to form a zygote, which will develop into a new organism with a unique identity |
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| haploid sex cell formed in the male reproductive organs; in humans, male reproductive cells produced in the testes |
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| a new diploid cell formed when a sperm fertilizes an egg; will divide by mitosis and develop into a new organism |
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