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7.16 Mrs Jensen
Cell Reproduction
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7th Grade
09/14/2011

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fertilization

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the joining of the egg cell and sperm cell
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DNA

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is short for deoxyribonucleic acid and is contained in every cell that has ever been formed. It is an organism's informational code
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gene

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the section of DNA on a chromosome that directs the makes of a specific protein
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egg

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formed in the female reproductive organ
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RNA

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is short of ribonucleic acid which carries the code for making proteins from the nucleus to the ribosomes
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meiosis

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the process by which sex cells are created in the reproductive organs, producing four haploid cells from one diploid cell
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sexual reproduction

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the process by which a new, unique organism is created when two sex cells, and egg and sperm, come together
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asexual reproduction

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a new organism is produced that has identical hereditary material as the parent organism
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diploid cell

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a cell with pairs of chromosomes
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sperm

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formed in the reproductive organs of the male
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haploid cells

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cells that do not have pairs of chromosomes
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mitosis

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a series of continuous steps in which the cell nucleus divides to form two identical nuclei
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What are the 4 nitrogen bases that make up DNA?
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guanine - cytosine
adenine - thymine
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What are the 3 types of asexual reproduction?
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fission, budding, regeneration
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interphase

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a period of cell growth and division
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order of mitosis

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prophase
metaphase
anaphase
telophase
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