AP BIO CHAPTER 13 Flashcards
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| 13478998686 | Heredity | the transmission of traits from one generation to the next | 0 | |
| 13479001035 | Variation | Any difference between individuals of the same species. | 1 | |
| 13479003271 | Genetics | The scientific study of heredity | 2 | |
| 13479005451 | Genes | DNA segments that serve as the key functional units in hereditary transmission. | 3 | |
| 13479007430 | Gametes | sex cells | 4 | |
| 13479012586 | asexual reproduction | A reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent. | 5 | |
| 13479015809 | locus | Location of a gene on a chromosome | 6 | |
| 13479018712 | clone | An organism that is genetically identical to the organism from which it was produced | 7 | |
| 13479021110 | sexual reproduction | A reproductive process that involves two parents that combine their genetic material to produce a new organism, which differs from both parents | 8 | |
| 13479023192 | somatic cells | body cells | 9 | |
| 13479026402 | Karyotype | A display of the chromosome pairs of a cell arranged by size and shape. | 10 | |
| 13479028541 | homologous chromosomes | Chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes and the same structure | 11 | |
| 13479032568 | sex chromosomes | X and Y chromosomes. | 12 | |
| 13479035769 | Autosomes | non-sex chromosomes | 13 | |
| 13479040228 | diploid cell | Has two sets of chromosomes. | 14 | |
| 13479040293 | haploid cell | a cell with a single chromosome set | 15 | |
| 13479044745 | life cycle | The generation-to-generation sequence of stages in the reproductive history of an organism. | 16 | |
| 13479048928 | Fertilization | the action or process of fertilizing an egg, female animal, or plant, involving the fusion of male and female gametes to form a zygote. | 17 | |
| 13479048929 | Zygote | fertilized egg | 18 | |
| 13479050635 | Meiosis | Cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms | 19 | |
| 13479052393 | Meiosis 1 | Homologous chromosomes separate | 20 | |
| 13479058107 | meiosis 2 | sister chromatids separate | 21 | |
| 13479063579 | alternation of generations | the alternation between the haploid gametophyte and the diploid sporophyte in a plant's life cycle | 22 | |
| 13479067003 | sporophyte | Diploid, or spore-producing, phase of an organism | 23 | |
| 13479068550 | Spores | Produced by meiosis. Grow into haploid organisms by mitosis. | 24 | |
| 13479075703 | gametophyte | Haploid, or gamete-producing, phase of an organism | 25 | |
| 13479078543 | synapsis | Pairing of homologous chromosomes | 26 | |
| 13479082086 | crossing over | the exchange of genes between homologous chromosomes, resulting in a mixture of parental characteristics in offspring. | 27 | |
| 13479086483 | Tetrad | structure containing four chromatids that forms during meiosis | 28 | |
| 13479090784 | chlasma | site of crossing over | 29 | |
| 13479094991 | recombinant chromosomes | individual chromosomes that carry genes derived from two different parents | 30 | |
| 13581928202 | Meiosis I and Meiosis II |  | 31 |