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| Organelle that controls all the activities of a cell and contains hereditary material made of protein and DNA |
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| Cell process in which the nucleus divides to form two identical nuclei, and identical to the original nucleus, in a series of steps(prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase) |
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| Structure in a cell's nucleus that contains hereditary material |
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| A type of reproduction-fission, budding, and regeneration - in which a new organism is produced from one organism and has DNA identical to the parent organism |
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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 reproduction organs |
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| Haploid sex cell formed in the female reproduction organs |
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| In sexual reproduction, the joining of a sperm and egg |
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| New diploid cell formed when a sperm fertilizes an egg; will divide by mitosis and develop into a new organism |
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| Cell whose similar chromosomes occur in pairs |
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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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| Large organic molecule made of amino acid bases |
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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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| Section of DNA on a chromosome that contains instructions for making specific proteins |
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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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| Any permanent change in a gene or chromosome of a cell; may be beneficial, harmful, or have little effect on an organism |
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