Meiosis

Reproduction by mitosis or binary fission, with no sperm or egg.

• Sexual Reproduction

• Asexual Reproduction

• Meiosis

• Sperm

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

An organism or cell reproduced asexually from the parent with no genetic variation.

• Meiosis

• Egg

• Sperm

• Clone

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Differences in offspring and parents due to sexual reproduction.

• Mitosis

• Asexual Reproduction

• Clones

• Genetic Variation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

The creation of offspring with variation due to sperm and egg that fuse together.

• Haploid

• Asexual Reproduction

• Sexual Reproduction

• Clone

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The production of sperm or egg with half the normal number of chromosomes compared to normal body cells.

• Stem Cell

• Clone

• Mitosis

• Meiosis

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A sex cell produced in meiosis (sperm or egg) that has half the normal number of chromosomes:

23 chromosomes in humans.

• Gamete

• Mitosis

• Somatic Cell

• Clone

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A body cell with the normal number of chromosomes:

46 chromosomes in humans.

• Gametes

• Somatic Cell

• Haploid Cell

• Prokaryotic Cell

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

A gamete (egg) produced only in the ovaries of the female of a species.

Ova is plural.

• Dipoid Cell

• Somatic Cell

• Sperm

• Ovum

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

A gamete produced only in the testicles of the male of a species.

• Stem Cell

• Somatic Cell

• Sperm

• Ovum

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Having the normal number of chromosomes and a matching set of each chromosome—one from each parent.

Example: Som­­atic cells, symbolized by 2n.

• Haploid

• Diploid

• Ovum

• Gamete

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1