Vocab 1
Female gamete
What is an egg?
Male gamete
What is a sperm?
Another name for a sperm or egg cell
What is a gamete?
The process of egg uniting with sperm
What is fertilization?
First cell of a new baby--a fertilized egg
What is a zygote?
Type of nuclear division that produces egg and sperm
What is meiosis?
Term meaning half of the total chromosomes
What is a haploid cell?
Term meaning total chromosomes in an organism
What is a diploid cell?
Chromosomes from mom and dad that match each other.
What is homologous?
One of two or more alternate forms of a gene
What is an allele?
Group of two homologous chromosomes together
What is a tetrad?
Another name for a sperm or egg cell
What is a germ cell?
The exact location of a gene on a chromosome
What is a gene locus?
Body cells are also said to be _____ cells
Are somatic cells also said to be body cells?
Process of producing the egg
What is oogenesis?
Process of producing sperm
What is spermatogenesis?
A chart with the chromosomes arranged in pairs by size
What is karyotype?
The connecting together of homologous chromosomes in meiosis
What is a synapsis?
Three cells that do not become the egg during oogenesis
What are polar bodies?
The time between the two divisions of meiosis
What is interkinesis?