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| The science that studies how characteristics get passed from parent to offspring |
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| The general guideline of traits determined by a person's DNA |
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| Those "non-biological" factors that are involved in a person's surroundings such as the nature of the person's parents, the person's friends, and the person's behavioral choices |
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| The quality of a person's relationship with God |
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| A section of DNA the codes for the production of a protein or a portion of protein, thereby causing a trait |
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| A strand of DNA coiled around and supported by proteins, found in the nucleus of the cell |
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| The duplication of a cell's chromosomes to allow daughter cells to receive the exact genetic makeup of the parent cell |
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| The time interval between cellular reproduction |
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| Constricted region of a chromosome and the point at which duplicate DNA strands attach themselves |
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| A cell ready to begin reproduction, containing duplicate DNA and centriole |
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| The figure produced when the chromosomes of a species during metaphase are arranged according to size |
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| A cell whose chromosomes come in homologous pairs |
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| Cells that have only one of each chromosome |
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| Diploid chromosome number (2n) |
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| The total number of chromosomes in a diploid cell |
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| Haploid chromosome number (n) |
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| The number of homologous pairs in a diploid cell |
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| The process by which a diploid (2n) cell forms four gametes (n) |
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| Haploid cells (n) produced by diploid cells (2n) for the purpose of reproduction |
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| A non-cellular infectious agent that has two characteristics: it has genetic material inside a protective protein coat, and it cannot reproduce itself |
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| Specialized proteins that aid in destroying infectious agents |
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| A weakened or inactive version of a virus that stimulates the body's production of antibodies which can destroy the virus |
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