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1
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Gamete

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Another name for sex cel, produced by organisms that reproduce sexually, meaning that the offspring of the two individuals will show variation.
They are haploid - one set of chromosomes- other cells are diploid - two sets of chromosomes

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Genotype

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All of the inherited genetic information that an organism possesses

3
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Homozygous

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When an organism has two identical alleles for a particular gene

4
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Heterozygous

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When an organism has two different alleles for a particular gene

5
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Why are the observed figures for reproduction different to the predicted figures

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Since fertilisation is a random process involving an element of chance

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