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| an egg or sperm' a sex cell carries half the number of chromosomes found in other body cells pg(138) |
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chromosomes with mathching information
pg(117) |
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the process by which the number of chromosomes in a cell that produces sex
cells is reduced to one half and that involves a reduction division in which
one of each pair of homologous chromosomes passes to each daughter cell followed by a mitotic divion |
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| chromosomes that carry genes that determine the sex of offspring pg(143) |
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| the passing of traits from parent to offspring pg(38,130) |
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| a plant that contains both male and female reproductive structures pg(538) |
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a plant that always produces offspring with the same trait as the parent(s)
pg(132) |
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| the trait observed when at least one dominant allele for a characteristic is inherited pg(133) |
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| a trait that is apparent only when two recessive alleles for the characteristic are inherited pg(133) |
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| segments of DNA that carry hereditary instructions and are passed from parent to offspring; located on chromosomes pg(135) |
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| alternative forms of a gene that govern the same characteristics pg(135) |
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| a tool used to visualize all the possible combinations of alleles from parents pg(135) |
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the inherited combination of alleles
pg(135) |
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an organism's inherieted appearance
pg(135) |
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| the mathematical chance that an event will occur pg(136) |
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