Hilton Vocab 10.2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 diploid | cell with two of each kind of chromosome. |
| haploid | cell with one of each kind of chromosome. |
| homologous chromosome | paired chromosome with genes for the same traits arranged in the same order. |
| meiosis | type of cell division where one body cell prduces four gametes, each containing half the number of chromosomes as parents body cell. |
| sperm | hahploid male sex cells produced by meiosis. |
| egg | haploid female sex cell. |
| sexual reproduction | pattern or reproduction that involves the production and subsequent fusion of haploid sex cells. |
| crossing-over | exchange of genetic materioal between nonsister chromatids from gomologous chromosomes during prophase I of meiosis. |
| genetic recombination | major source of genetic variation among organisms caused by reassortment or crossing over during meosis. |
| nondisjuntion | failre of homologous chromosomes to seperate properly during meiosis. |
| mitosis | the orderly process of nuclear division in which two new daughter cells each receive a complete set of chromosomes. |
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