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02/03/2015

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Term
Homologous
Definition
Term used to refer to chromosomes in which one set comes from the male parent and one set comes from the female parent.
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Haploid
Definition
Term used to refer to a cell that contains only a single set of genes.
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Diploid
Definition
Term used to refer to a cell that contains two sets of homologous chromosomes.
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Zygote
Definition
Fertilized egg
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Crossing-over
Definition
Process sin which homologous chromosomes exchange portions of their chromatids during meiosis
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Meiosis
Definition
Process in which the number of chromosomes per cell is cut in half though the separation of homologous chromosomes in a diploid.
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Tetrad
Definition
Structure containing four chromatids that forms during meiosis.
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