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| the scientific study of heredity and variation |
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| the transmission of traits from one generation to the next |
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| the differences in appearance that offspring show from parents and siblings |
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| the units of heredity made up of segments of dna |
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| reproductive cells made of sperm and eggs |
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| a specific location on a certain chromosome |
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| an individual passes genes to its offspring without the fusin of gametes |
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| a group of genetically identical individual from the same parent |
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| two parents give rise to offspring that have unique combinations of genes inherited from two parents |
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| the generation to generation sequence of stages in the reproductive history of an organism |
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| any cell other than a gamete |
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| an ordered display of the pairs of chromosomes from a cell |
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| the two chromosomes in each pair |
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| determine the sex of an individual X and Y |
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| the remaining 22 pairs of chromosomes |
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| single set of chromosomes |
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| homologous chromosomes loosely paired up |
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| nonsister chromatids exchange DNA segments |
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| x-shaped region where crossing over occured |
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| tetrads line up at the metaphase plate, with one chromosome facing each pole |
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| pairs of homologous chromosomes separate |
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| each half the cell has a haploid set of chromosomes |
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| usually occurs simultaneously with telophase |
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| a spindle apparatus froms |
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| the sister chromatids are arranged at the metaphase plate |
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| the sister chromatids seperate |
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| the chromosomes arrive at opposite poles |
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| combine DNA inherited from each parent |
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