Chapter 13

Question 1

heredity

Answer 1

transmission of traits from one generation to the next

Question 2

genetics

Answer 2

study of both heredity and inherited variation

Question 3

genes

Answer 3

units of coded information

Question 4

gametes

Answer 4

reproductive cells

Question 5

locus

Answer 5

genes specific location along the length of a chromosome

Question 6

asexual reproduction

Answer 6

single individual is the solve parent and passes copies of all its genes to its offspring without the fusion of gametes

Question 7

clones

Answer 7

individual or group of individuals that are genetically identical to the parent

Question 8

sexual reproduction

Answer 8

two parents give rise to offspring that have unique combinations of genes inherited from the two parents

Question 9

life cycle

Answer 9

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

Question 10

karyotype

Answer 10

resulting order display of chromosomes

Question 11

sex chromosomes

Answer 11

XY

Question 12

chromosomes other than XY

Answer 12

autosomes

Question 13

diploid cell

Answer 13

any cell with two chromosome sets

Question 14

haploid cells

Answer 14

single set of chromosomes from gametes

Question 15

fertilization

Answer 15

union of gametes culmination in fusion of their nuclei

Question 16

zygote

Answer 16

fertilized egg

Question 17

meiosis

Answer 17

cell division for reproduction