Reproduction, Heredity and Growth

Does not involve the union of sex cells and in which one parent organism produces offspring with identical genetic information.

• asexual reproduction

• sexual reproduction

• fertilization

• allele

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Reproduction in which sex cells from two parents unite to produce offspring that shares traits from both parents.

• asexual reproduction

• sexual reproduction

• fertilization

• allele

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

A coiled-up section of DNA .

• sexual reproduction

• fertilization

• chromosome

• allele

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

The combination of two specialized sex cells.

• chromosome

• gene

• allele

• fertilization

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A section of DNA containing instructions for making a specific protein.

• gene

• allele

• dominant allele

• chromosome

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

A version of a gene.

• chromosome

• allele

• fertilization

• gene

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A version of a gene that needs only one copy to produce its trait

• allele

• gene

• dominant allele

• recessive allele

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NGSS.HS-LS4-4

A version of a gene that needs two copies to produce its trait.

• dominant allele

• gene

• allele

• recessive allele

A diagram that predicts the chances of an offspring having a trait.

• geneticist

• Punnett square

• gene

• chromosome

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NGSS.HS-LS3-3

A scientist who studies genes and their inheritance through reproduction.

• herpetologist

• botanist

• geneticist

• biologist

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS1-1