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What does inherited mean
Something you obtain from a parent to offspring
what does DNA stand for
deoxyribonuceic acid
What is a trait
A trait is a personality that you get from your parents.
what is the base pair rule
A always goes with T
G always goes with C
Mitosis
The making of a identical cell asexually
What does crossing over do
Crossing over is when two chromosomes go to each other and exchange an allele (or different genes) to make different traits
what is a gene
Segment of DNA
Daughter cell
The new cell created from a parent cell
homologous chromosome
A diploid cell that has identical DNA and pairs up with one another
Meiosis
The making of a multiple cells or an offspring sexually
What does heredity mean
Biological inheritance
what is a chromosome
DNA wrapped around proteins called histones
centromere and centriole
Where the spindle attaches to a chromosome to be pulled apart
Long tubes in a cell that produce spindle fibers
Chromatin and DNA replication
The DNA in a cell
A cells DNA replicating
What is an allele
Different types of genes
haploid and diploid
A cell that holds a single set of chromosomes
Cell that hold 2 sets of chromosomes
interphase
When a cell doubles in size produces another centriole (1st stage)
What are genetics
genetics are the genes you have
spindle fiber
Something that attaches to a centromere to pull the chromosomes apart
Cytokinesis
When a parents cell divides (last step)