chapter 5-6 vocab

Question 1

Binary Fission

Answer 1

a form of asexual reproduction in single-celled organisms by which one cell divides into two cells of the same size

Question 2

Metaphase

Answer 2

the second phase of mitosis during which the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell

Question 3

diploid cell

Answer 3

a cell containing two sets of chromosomes (2n), on set inherited from each parent

Question 4

homologous chromosomes

Answer 4

pair of chromosomes that are the same size, same appearance, and same genes.

Question 5

Gamete

Answer 5

specialized cell involved in sexual reproduction

Question 6

Mitosis

Answer 6

Cell division in somatic cells which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes

Question 7

incomplete dominance

Answer 7

the situation in which one allele is not completely dominant over another allele

Question 8

tumor

Answer 8

a mass of abnormal cells that develops when cancerous cells divide and grow uncontrollably