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9226851622crossing overProcess in which homologous chromosomes exchange portions of their chromatids during meiosis.0
9226851623diploid(genetics) an organism or cell having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number1
9226851624disjunctionthe separation of homologous pairs of chromosomes following meiotic synapsis2
9226851625fertilizationProcess in sexual reproduction in which male and female reproductive cells join to form a new cell3
9226851626gameteSex cell4
9226851627gametogenesisFormation of gametes5
9226851628gonadovaries and testes Glands related to sexual characteristics and the processes involved in reproduction6
9226851629haploidAn organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes.7
9226851630homologous pairSimilarly constructed chromosomes that have the same shape and contain genes for the same traits8
9226851631meiosisA type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell, as in the production of gametes and plant spores.9
9226851632nondisjunctionError in meiosis in which homologous chromosomes fail to separate.10
9226851633oogenesisEgg production11
9226851634ootidfinal product of oogenesis; following a period of maturation, becomes an ovum12
9226851635ovumA mature egg cell13
9226851636polar bodiesthe 3 smaller cells produced in oogenesis that will degenerate14
9226851637somatic cellAny of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells.15
9226851638spermMale sex cell16
9226851639spermatogenesisFormation of sperm17
9226851640synapsisPairing of homologous chromosomes18
9226851641tetradstructure containing 4 chromatids that forms during meiosis19
9226851642zygoteFertilized egg20
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