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| rod shaped structures found in the nucleus of the cell, they are made of DNA and proteins that code for an organisms genetic makeup |
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| a group of small round proteins that DNA tightly wraps around to help it fit into the nucleus |
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| Chromatid (Still a chromosome) |
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| in the cell their are two copies of the same chromosome held together by a centromere, this term refers to one of those copies |
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| the point at which two halves of a chromosome are held together |
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| chromosomes that determine the gender or sex of an organism |
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| any chromosome in an organism that is not a sex chromosome, this includes all but two chromosomes in eukaryotic organisms |
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| chromosomes that carry genes for the same trait (for example: eye color) |
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| a photomicrograph of chromosomes |
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| cells that have two sets of each chromosome, this is the "normal" number of chromosomes for all cells other than sex cells. This number is said to be the 2n number. |
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| term for cells that contain only half the number of chromosomes or the (n) number of chromosomes. This would be the "normal" for sperm and egg cells. |
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