Meiosis and Mendel Vocabulary

sex cells (egg, sperm, pollen)

• games
• gamete
• somatic 
• neurons

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all the cells that make up an organism except for the gametes

• glial
• gametes
• somatic
• neurons

Chromosomes that are similar in size, shape, and genetic content; in a homologous pair, one chromosome came from each of two parents

• homologous chromosomes
• chromatids
• zygote
• alleles

chromosomes that contain genes for characteristics not directly related to the sex of an organism

• homologous chromosomes 
• somatic cells
• autosomes
• sex chromosomes 

Contain genes that will determine the sex of an individual

• somatic cells
• gametes
• autosomes
• sex chromosomes

A form of cell division that halves the number of chromosomes when forming reproductive cells

• sister chromatids
• mitosis
• meiosis
• budding

exchange of chromosome segments between homologous chromosomes

• crossing over
• incomplete dominance
• heterozygous
• autosomes

characteristics that are inherited

• alleles
• homologous chromosomes 
• traits
• purebred

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the study of inheritance patterns and variation in organisms

• biology
• genetics
• statistics
• chemistry

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organism whose ancestors are genetically uniform

• mutation
• mixed breed
• heterozygous
• purebred