Bio

The scientific study of heredity AND variation

The transmission of traits from one generation to the next

The difference in appearance that offspring show from parents and siblings

Offspring acquire genes from parents by inheriting what?

The units of heredity and are made up of segments of DNA

Each gene has a specific location called a what on a certain chromosome?

MOI + DNA is package into what?

A signase individual passages genes to its offspring without the fusion of gametes

A group of genetically identical individuals from the same parent

2 parents give rise to offspring that have unique combinations of genes inherited by

The generation-to-generation sequence of stages in the reproductive history of an organism

What kind of human cells, which are aNY CELLS OTHER THAN than a gamete, have 23 pairs of chromosomes?

An ordered display of the pairs of chromosomes from a cell

The 2 chromosomes in each pair are called what orhmologs?

Determine the sex of the individual are called x and y

Human females have homologous pair of what?

Human males have what kind of chromosomes?

The remaining 22pairs of chromosomes are called?

For humans the diploid number is?

For humans the haploid number is?

The union of gametes the sperm and the egg

The fertilized egg is called a what and has one set of chromosomes from each parent?

The zygote produces what by mitosis and develops?