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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 organism. |
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| Stucture in a cell's nucleus that contains hereditary material. |
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| Cell whose similar chromosomes occur in pairs. |
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| The genetic material of all organisms. |
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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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| Cell that has half the number of chromosomes as body cells. |
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| Reproductive process that produces four haploid sex cells from one diploid cell and ensures offspring will have the same number of chromosomes as the parent organisms. |
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| Cell process in which the nucleus divides to form two nuclei identical to each other, and identical to the orignial nucleus, in a series of steps. |
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| Any permanent change in a gene or chromosome of a cell. |
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| A type of nucleic acid that caries codes for making proteins from the nucleus to the ribosomes. |
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| A type of reproduction in which two sex cel,s join to form a zygote, which will develop into a new organism wiht a unique identity. |
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| Haploid sex cell formed in the male reproductive organs. |
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| New diploid cell formed when a sperm fertilizes an egg. |
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