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| Either of a pair of chromosomes, usually designated X or Y, in the germ cells of most animals and some plants, that combine |
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| a chromosome that is not a sex chromosome, or allosome |
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| Chromosomes that contain the same genes, but may have different alleles for those genes. |
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| A cell that contains two sets of chromosomes. |
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| having a single set of unpaired chromosomes |
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| A type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each the same as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth |
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| mode of reproduction by which offspring arise from a single parent, and inherit the genes of that parent only |
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| A type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each with half the chromosome number of a parent cell |
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| A mature haploid male or female germ cell that is able to unit with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote |
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| The resting phase between successive mitotic division of a cell , or between the first and second division of meiosis |
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| The first stage of cell division, before metaphase, during which the chromosomes become visible as paired chromatics and nuclear |
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