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Genetic meiosis
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Biology
9th Grade
06/05/2013

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Heredity
Definition
The passing of Characteristics from parents to their child
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Trait
Definition
Inherited characteristics
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Genetics
Definition
The study of heredity of inherited characteristics
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Gamete
Definition
Men and women sex cells
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Fertilization
Definition
Fussion of male and female gametes
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Hybrid
Definition
Child formed by parents that have different forms of a trait
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Allele
Definition
Alternative forms of a gene for each variation of a trait of an organism
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Dominant
Definition
Trait of an organism that masks the recessive form of a trait
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Recessive
Definition
A trait of an organism that cen be masked by the dominant form of a trait
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Phenotype
Definition
Outward appearance of an organism
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Genotype
Definition
Combination of genes in an organism
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Homozygous
Definition
When there are two Similar alleles for a trait
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Heterozygous
Definition
When there are two different alleles for a trait
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Zygote
Definition
Diploid cell formed when a sperm ferttilizes an egg
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Diploid
Definition
A cell with two of each kind of chromosome
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Haploid
Definition
A cell with one of each kind of chromosome
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Homologous chromosomes
Definition
Paired chromosomes with genes for the same traits organized in the same order
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Meiosis
Definition
A cell division that result in two daughter cells each with Half the chromosome number of the parent cell
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Sexual reproduction
Definition
Pattern reproduction that includes the production and subsequent fusion of haploid sex cells
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Genetic recombination
Definition
Major source of genetic variation among organisms caused by reassortment
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