Chromosomes and Meiosis Vocabulary
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- Q1chromosome that contains genes for characteristics not directly related to the sex of the organismautosome30s
- Q2long, continuous thread of DNA that consists of numerous genes and regulatory informationchromosome30s
- Q3cell that has two copies of each chromosomediploid30s
- Q4female gameteegg30s
- Q5fusion of an egg and sperm cellfertilization30s
- Q6sex cell (egg, sperm)gamete30s
- Q7process by which gametes are producedgametogenesis30s
- Q8cell that has only one copy of each chromosomehaploid30s
- Q9chromosomes that have the same length, appearance, and copies of geneshomologous chromosomes30s
- Q10a form of nuclear division that divides a diploid cell into haploid cellsmeiosis30s
- Q11haploid cell produced during meiosis in the female of many species; these cells have little more than DNA and eventually disintegratepolar body30s
- Q12chromosomes that determine the sex of an organismsex chromosomes30s
- Q13process by which two gametes fuse and offspring that are a genetic mixture of both parents are producedsexual reproduction30s
- Q14cell that makes up all of the body tissues and organs, except gametessomatic cell30s
- Q15male gametesperm30s