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creation of an offspring from the cells
of two parents |
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| Sex cells; including sperm and eggs |
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sperm and egg cells that allow
organisms to reproduce |
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a female germ cell that has been
fertilized by a male germ cell and
inherits one set of chromosomes from each parent |
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thread-like bodies in a cell's nucleus that contain the genetic
information of that organism |
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| a process of cell division that allows organisms to reproduce |
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| cells that contain only one set of chromosomes |
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cells that contain two sets of chromosomes, each set from each
parent |
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| two chromosomes that are paired and have information about the same trait |
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| all cells besides egg or sperm (skin, hair, muscle, etc) |
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new cells with half the chromosome number of the parent cell;
human cells contain 23 chromosomes |
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| four-strand group of chromosomes joined at a point |
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a cell with a complete set of chromosomes before cell division;
human cells contain a complete set of 46 chromosomes |
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the region of the chromosome where two identical chromatids
are joined during meiosis |
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| an exchange of genetic information between two chromatids |
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| separation of a cell into two new cells |
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| identical chromosomes that hold genetic material such as eye color |
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aid in pulling two chromosomes apart towards opposite poles (ends) of
the cell |
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