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| physical characteristics of organism |
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| the passing of traits from parents to offspring |
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| the scientific study of heredity |
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| traits are carried on ____x_____ |
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| genes are parts of ____x_____ |
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| chromosomes are located in the ____x___ of cells |
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| genes make up an organism's ___x___ |
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| different versions of a gene |
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| traits can be ____x____ (observed)(A) or _____x____ (hidden)(a) |
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| organisms with two different alleles for a trait are known as.... (Aa) |
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| organisms with two of the same alleles for a trait are known as.... (AA) / (aa) |
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| Traits are passed from parent(s) to offspring during the process of ____x____ |
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| Organisms reproduce in one or two ways..... |
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| usually occurs in single-celled organisms (prokaryotes), requires only one parent, offspring are genetically identical to the parent |
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Binary fission
budding
regeneration |
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| types of asexual reproduction |
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| single-celled parent divides into two offspring |
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| the growth of an offspring from a bud on the parent's body |
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| the regrowth of a missing part |
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| occurs in multi-cellular organisms (eukaryotes), requires two parents, offspring inherit genetic traits from both parents so they genetically vary from their parents |
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| male parents produce sex cells called.... |
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| female parents produce sex cells called.... |
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| sex cells contain half the ___x____ necessary for life |
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| the union of sperm and egg ___x___ the chromosomes number |
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| the pairing of ___x___ from male and female chromosomes completes a __x__ and determines the __x__ of the offspring |
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| it can be used to show the probability of inheriting traits from parents |
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