Unit 12 Mitosis and Meiosis Vocabulary

Asexual reproduction

• A reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent.

• type of reproduction in which cells from two parents unite to form the first cell of a new organism

• cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes

• Making a genetically identical copy of DNA or of an organism.

budding

• type of reproduction in which cells from two parents unite to form the first cell of a new organism

• A form of asexual reproduction in single-celled organisms by which one cell divides into two cells of the same size

• a type of asexual reproduction when a new organism grows out of the parent's body of a parent.

• A reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent.

sexual reproduction

• type of reproduction in which cells from two parents unite to form the first cell of a new organism

• A form of asexual reproduction in single-celled organisms by which one cell divides into two cells of the same size

• a type of asexual reproduction when a new organism grows out of the parent's body of a parent.

• A reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent.

binary fission

• type of reproduction in which cells from two parents unite to form the first cell of a new organism

• A form of asexual reproduction in single-celled organisms by which one cell divides into two cells of the same size

• a type of asexual reproduction when a new organism grows out of the parent's body of a parent.

• A reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent.

cell cycle

• cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes

• Making a genetically identical copy of DNA or of an organism.

• A display of the chromosome pairs of a cell arranged by size and shape.

• series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide

cloning

• cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes

• Making a genetically identical copy of DNA or of an organism.

• A display of the chromosome pairs of a cell arranged by size and shape.

• series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide

Karyotype

• cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes

• Making a genetically identical copy of DNA or of an organism.

• A display of the chromosome pairs of a cell arranged by size and shape.

• series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide

Mitosis

• cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes

• Making a genetically identical copy of DNA or of an organism.

• A display of the chromosome pairs of a cell arranged by size and shape.

• series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide

Diploid

• an organism or cell having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number

• An organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes.

• Pair of chromosomes that are the same size, same appearance and same genes.

• threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes

haploid

• an organism or cell having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number

• An organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes.

• Pair of chromosomes that are the same size, same appearance and same genes.

• threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes