Reproduction Vocabulary Review

The variety of gene combinations that exist within a population

• evolution

• genetic variation

• natural selection

• adaptation

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A new cell formed through fertilization

• zygote

• chromosome

• allele

• meiosis

describes a cell that has half the number of chromosomes as a diploid cell. (one chromosome from each pair)

• daughter cell

• haploid cell

• chromosome

• mother cell

female sex cell

• egg

• eye

• sperm

• zygote

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A form of asexual reproduction which is a lab procedure that produces identical individuals from a cell or cells taken from an organism

• meiosis

• binary fission

• budding

• cloning

A process, needed for sexual reproduction, in which one diploid cell divides to make four haploid sex cells (gametes) with half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell.

• binary fission

• mitosis

• meiosis

• haploid cell

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Joining of an egg & sperm

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The inherited characteristic that is always expressed when present

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Heterotrophic eukaryotes that reproduce through asexual spores, break down dead materials, & can spread disease.

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product of reproduction, a new organism produced by one or more parents

• hereditary disease

• offspring

• fertilization

• chromosome

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