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a developing organism produced from a zygote
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the part of the plant embryo that becomes the stem and leaves |
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the union of the egg and sperm outside the body |
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the joining or fusing of male and female gametes |
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| a stalk that supports the anther on the stamen of a flower |
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| a haploid sex cell; a male gamete is called a sperm or sperm cell, a female gamete is called an egg or egg cell |
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| Genetically modified organism (GMO) |
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| an organism that contains genes that have been intentionally altered; includes many food crops |
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| describes a cell with half the chromosome number of the parent; symbolized by n |
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| a pair of corresponding chromosomes |
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