Meiosis & Genetics

Cell division in eukaryotic cells that creates sex cells

• Mitosis

• Meiosis

• Binary Fission

• Fertilization

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Sex cells (sperm & egg cells)

• Somatic cells

• Gametes

• Germ cells

• Mitochondria

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Cell that contains half the number of chromosomes

• Haploid cells

• Somatic cells

• Diploid cells

• Prokaryotic cells

Cells that contain a full set of chromosomes

• Haploid cells

• Diploid cells

• Viruses

• Gametes

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

One form of a gene

• Chromosome

• Allele

• Phenotype

• Genotype

Genetic information carried in an organism's chromosomes

(what their DNA says)

• Phenotype

• Genotype

• Karyotype

• Heredity

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Physical expression of an organism's genes

(how the traits are expressed)

• Karyotype

• Phenotype

• Genotype

• Meiosis

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Size and shape of an organism's individual chromosomes

• Karyotype

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• DNA

Production of an offspring that is genetically different from both parents

• Binary Fission

• Sexual Reproduction

• Asexual Reproduction

• Mitosis

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2