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Dominant allele

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Strong

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Recessive allele

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Weak

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Genotype

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The genetic makeup of an individual

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Phenotype

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The way something appears/physically expressed

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DNA

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Deoxyribonnucleic acid

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Gene

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Instructions Manuals for our bodies

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Chromosomes

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Packaged DNA

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Autosome

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1st 22 pairs of chromosomes

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Sex linked traits

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Chromosomes with traits that can happen from a specific gender

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What do upper case alleles mean (RR)

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The trait is dominant

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What does lowercase alleles mean (rr)

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The trait is recessive

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Homozygous recessive

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bb

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Heterozygous

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Bb

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Homozygous dominant

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BB

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Hybrid

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Bb

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Purebred dominant

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BB

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Pure bred recessive

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bb

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Chromosomes in human cell

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46

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Chromosome pairs

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23

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Autosomal pairs

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22

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Sex chromosomes

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One

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Male

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xy

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Female

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xx

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Asexual reproduction

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Reproduction by which offspring arise from a single organism and inherited the jeans of that parent only

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Sexual reproduction

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Reproductive process involving two sexes and resulting in an offspring

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Binary fission

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The splitting of an organism into two new organisms about the same size

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Budding

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Asexual reproduction process in which a bud forms on an organism

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Spore formation

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A haploid cell that can develop into a new organism without fertilization

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Fragmentation

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Asexual process in which a new small piece of fragment grows into a new individual

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Disadvantages to asexual reproduction

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If there’s an issue and reproduction of one organism that can wipe out the entire population

Mutations can cause diseases and destroy offsprings

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Advantages to a sexual reproduction

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No energy required to find a mate

Can reproduce quickly

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Prostate gland

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A sac of skin that contain the tested

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Urethra

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Tube leading from the bladder to the outside of the body

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Seminal vesicles

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A gland that supplies fluid to help the sperm travel

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Vas deferens

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Tube through which the sperm travels when exiting the epididymis

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Scrotum

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A sac of tissues that contains testes

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Testes

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The male gonads

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Fallopian tube

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Tubes that carry egg from the uterus to the ovary

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Uterus

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Organ where the fertilized egg develops into a fetus

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Cervix

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The muscular ring at the base of the uterus

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Vagina

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The muscular passageway

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Follicle

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Site of egg development in the ovary

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Seminiferous tubules

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Small tubes where sorry cells are created

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Ovary

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Cavity where eggs are developed from follicle

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Allele

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Represented in letters

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