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Bio Section 2 Flashcards

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Discrete Variation

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Variation where you either have it, or you don’t.

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Continuous Variation

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A Spectrum Trait. Wide variety that the trait can appear as

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Heritable Trait

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Traits that get passed down

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Non-Heritable Trait

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Traits that have nothing to do with genetics

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Asexual Reproduction

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Reproduction that only involves one parent

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Binary Fission

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Parent splits in two so offspring is the same size

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Budding

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Parents splits so offspring is a smaller chunk of parent

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Spore Reproduction

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Spores release from parents to grow someplace else like dandelions. The offspring will be identical to the Parent

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Vegetative Reproduction

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Where you cut a piece of the plant off and plant that piece.

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Sexual Reproduction

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when two organisms combine dna to make another organism

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Gametes

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Specialized sex cells

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Sperm Cells

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The male sex cell

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Egg Cells (ova)

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Female Sex Cell

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Fertilization

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When both sex cell meet and converge

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Zygote

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(caused by fertilization) Completely new cell with unique DNA

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Cleavage

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When the zygote divides as it develops

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Pollen

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Gamete found on the male part of the plant

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Stamen

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Male part of the plant

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Ovules

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gamete found on the female part of the plant

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Pistil

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female part of plant

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Pollination

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the transfer of pollen to a ovule to allow fertilization

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Cross Pollination

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If the pollen of one plant is carried to the ovule of another plant

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Cross Fertilization

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When the pollen and ovule of different plants meet and converge

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Haploid

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When the cell has half the usual number of chromosomes

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Diploid

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The normal amount of chromosomes

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