DNA
A compound consisting of a nucleoside linked to a phosphate group
A type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth.
ne of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.
A unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.
A 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.
The cell has two sets of each chromosome; one of the pairs is derived from the mother and the other from the father.
What is Homologous Chromosomes
he genetic constitution of an individual organism.
The resting phase between successive mitotic divisions of a cell, or between the first and second divisions of meiosis.
ormed by the replication of a chromosome, with both copies joined together by a common centromere.
What is a Sister Chromatids
The set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.
The cytoplasmic division of a cell at the end of mitosis or meiosis, bringing about the separation into two daughter cells.