Genes and DNA Vocab

Question 0

Reproduction in which gametes from two parents unite

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Sexual reproduction

Question 1

Reproduction that doesn’t involve the Union of gametes and in which a single parent produces offspring that are genetically identical to the parent.

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Asexual reproduction

Question 2

A diagram that shows the occurrence of a genetic trait in several generations of a family.

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Pedigree

Question 3

A cell formed by the Union of two gametes or the union of two gametes to form a zygote.

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Fertilization

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A person who has one recessive allele for a trait and one dominant allele, but does not have the trait.

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Carrier

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A sex cell produced by a female.

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Egg

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The male gamete (sex cell)

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Sperm

Question 7

Chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes, that have the same structure, and that pair during meiosis

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Homologous chromosomes

Question 8

A process in cell division during which the number of chromosomes decreases to half the original number by two divisions of the nucleus, which results in the production of sex cells (gametes or spores).

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Meiosis

Question 9

In a eukaryotic cell, one of the structures in the nucleus that are made up of DNA and protein; in a prokaryotic cell, the main ring of DNA.

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Chromosomes

Question 10

Fertilization of an egg by sperm that occurs inside the body of a female.

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Internal fertilization

Question 11

The union gametes outside the bodies of parents as in many fishes and amphibians.

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External fertilization

Question 12

A haploid reproductive cell that unites with another haploid reproductive cell to form a zygote.

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Gamete

Question 13

a fertilized egg.

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Zygote

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An organism that is genetically identical to another organism.

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Cloning

Question 15

A cell that contains two haploid sets of chromosomes.

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Diploid

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Describes a cell, nucleus, or organism that has only one set of unpaired chromosomes.

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Haploid

Question 17

One pair of the chromosomes that determines the sex of an individual.

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Sex cell

Question 18

A gene that is carried on the X or Y chromosome

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Sex- linked gene

Question 19

The human practice of breeding animals or plants that have certain desired traits.

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Selective breeding

Question 20

The act of mating close related individuals.

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Inbreeding

Question 21

To produce hybrids.

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Hybridization

Question 22

Together

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Co

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Other

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Hetero

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Same

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Homo

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To become or produce

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Geno

Question 26

To show

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Pheno

Question 27

Nucleus

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Karyo

Question 28

Back, again

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Re