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Biological science applied to industrial or other technological purposes.

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Biotechnology

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Reproduction not requiring fertilization.

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Asexual reproduction

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The basic unit of all living things.

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Cell

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The process in which a cell splits into two; part of the process in which cells reproduce.

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Cell division

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The boundary that surrounds a cell and controls which substances can enter and leave the cell.

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Cell membrane

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An organelle in a cell that holds the cells DNA.

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Cell nucleus

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A stiff structure that surrounds and protects a cell; found in plant, fungus and some bacteria cells.

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Cell wall

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The process by which a less-specialized cell such as a stem cell becomes a more-specialized cell such as a blood cell.

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Cell differentiation

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A feature of an organism; something you can observe about an organism.

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Characteristic

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Found in a nucleus of a cell, a long nucleic acid molecule containing the genetic instructions for the development and functioning of all living organisms; abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid.

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DNA

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An animals female reproductive cell.

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Egg

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An early stage in the growth of an organism in which the organism is made of a small number of cells.

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Embryo

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Belonging to the biological sex the produces gametes.

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Female

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The reproductive cells: eggs (female) sperm (male).

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Gametes

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The basic unit of heredity in a living organism; a segment of DNA or RNA.

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Gene

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A genetically determined condition or characteristic.

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Genetic trait

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Internal genetic coding passed on from one generation to the next.

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Genotype

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Belonging to the biological sex that produces gametes.

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Male

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The cell division process that creates egg and sperm cells.

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Meiosis

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The process of cell division where one cell splits into two identical cells

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Mitosis

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The center of an atom contains protons neutrons a region in a cell that is surrounded by a membrane and contains genetic material.

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Nucleus

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A new organism that is the product of reproduction.

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Offspring

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A male reproductive cell that can fertilize an egg cell.

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Sperm cell

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A tightly wound bundle of DNA and proteins found in the nucleus of most living cells.

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Chromosome

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