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| The transmission of traits from one generation to the next. |
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| Differences between members of the same species. |
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| The scientific study of heredity and hereditary variation. |
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| A discrete unit of hereditary information consisting of a specific nucleotide sequence in DNA (or RNA, in some viruses). |
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| A haploid cell, such as an egg or sperm. Gametes unite during sexual reproduction to produce a diploid zygote. |
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| A specific place along the length of a chormosome where a given gene is located. |
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| A form of reproduction in which the generation of offspring from a single parent that occurs without the fusion of gametes (by budding, division of a single cell, or division of the entire organism into two or more parts). In most cases, the offspring are genetically identical to the parent. |
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