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| scientific study of heredity |
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| process in sexual reproduction in which male and female reproductive cells join to form a new cell |
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| term used to describe organisms that produce offspring identical to themselves if allowed to self-pollinate |
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| specific characteristic that varies from one individual to another |
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| offspring of crosses between parents with different traits |
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| sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a trait |
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| one of a number of different forms of a gene |
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| separation of alleles during gamete formation |
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| specialized cell involved in sexual reproduction |
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| likelihood that a particular event will occur |
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| diagram showing the gene combinations that might result from a genetic cross |
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| term used to refer to an organism that has two identical alleles for a particular trait |
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| term used to refer to an organism that has two different alleles for the same trait |
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| physical characteristics of an organism |
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| genetic makeup of an organism |
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| term used to refer to chromosomes that each have a corresponding chromosome from the opposite-sex parent |
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| term used to refer to a cell that contains both sets of homologous chromosomes |
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| term used to refer to a cell that contains only a single set of chromosomes and therefore only a single set of genes |
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| process by which the number of chromosomes per cell is cut in half through the separation of homologous chromosomes in a diploid cell |
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| structure containing 4 chromatids that forms during meiosis |
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| process in which homologous chromosomes exchange portions of their chromatids during meiosis |
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