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Gamete

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Sex cells that fuse togeather to make a zygote

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Diploid

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A cell with two copies of each chromosome

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Haploid

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A cell with a single copy of each chromosome

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Meosis

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A type of cell division which results in 4 non-identical cells being produced

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Chromosome

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In eukaryotes, its composed of DNA wrapping around histone proteins. Contains the genes of that organism

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Chromatid

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One half of a chromosome when it is a double structure

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Homologous chromosomes

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A pair of chromosomes containing the same genes but different alleles

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Centremere

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Joins two chromatids togeathwr

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Centriole

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Attach to centrimeres at the poles of each cell

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Spindle fibres

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Attach centomeres and draw chromosomes/chromatids apart

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Independent segregation

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​The random separation of homologous chromosomes in meiosis 1 that produces genetic variation

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