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Chapter 10 Flashcards

(27 cards)

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Difference in hereditary traits

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Variation

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The transmission of traits from one generation to the next

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Heredity

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Scientific study of heredity and hereditary variation

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Genetics

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Coded information in the form of hereditary units

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Genes

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Reproductive cells

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Gametes

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All cells of the body except the gametes and their precursors

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Somatic cells

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A gene’s specific location along the length of a chromosome

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Locus

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A single individual is the sole parent and passes copies of all its genes to its offspring without the fusion of gametes

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Asexual reproduction

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A group of genetically identical individuals

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Clone

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Two parents give rise to offspring that have unique combinations of genes inherited from the two parents

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Sexual reproduction

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The generation-to-generation sequence of stages in the reproductive history of an organism

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Life cycle

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Image of the chromosomes are arranged in pairs, starting with the longest chromosome

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Karyotype

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Two chromosomes of a pair have the same length, centromere position, and staining pattern

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Homologous chromosomes

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X and Y chromosomes

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Sex chromosomes

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All other chromosomes separate from the sex chromosomes

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Autosomes

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Any cell with two chromosome sets

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Gametes containing a single set of chromosomes

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The union of gametes

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Fertilization

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The resulting fertilized egg

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Cell division that reduces the number of sets of chromosomes from two to one in the gametes

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A life cycle in which there is both a multicellular diploid form, the sporophyte, and a multicellular haploid form, the gametophyte

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Alternation of generations

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First part of cell division that results in cells with half the number of chromosomes sets as an original cell

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Second part of cell division that results in cells with half the number of chromosome sets as the original cell

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Paired homologs become physically connected to each other along their lengths by a zipper-like protein

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A genetic rearrangement between non sister chromatids involving the exchange of corresponding segments of DNA molecules
Crossing over
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Each homologous pair has one or more X-shaped regions
Chiasmata
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Individual chromosomes that carry genes derived from two different parents
Recombinant chromosomes