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What are chromosomes that carry the same kind of genes?
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Homologous chromosomes
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Offspring that are different from both parents are produced by
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Sexual reproduction
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What are homologous chromosomes?
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Chromosomes tht carry the same set of genes
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What carries the genes that determie sex
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Sex chromosomes
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What is it called when cells are copied with half he number of chromosomes?
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Meiosis
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How are sex cells different from other body cells?
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Sex cells have half as many chromosomes
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People often go to genetic counselors to have a ___________ drawn to trace a disease that they do not want to pass on to their children
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Pedigree
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Only one parent cell is needed in ___________ reporduction
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Asexual
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every one of the chomosomes is different between men and women
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F
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T or f
Men and women each have different numbers of chromosomes in their sex cells
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F
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T or f
If you looked inside a cell during mitosis and you could see the chromosomes lining up, you could tell whether the cell belonged to a man or a women.
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T
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In humans, what are the sex chromosomes of females?
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Xx
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In humans, what are the sex chromosomes of males?
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Xy
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Explain the difference betwwen meiosis and mitosis
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Division of the nucleus in a body cell in mitosis and produces sex cells in meiosis
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Since sex cells only have half the chromosome cells that are found in a refular cell, how do they grow into cells that have a full sent of chromosomes?
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The sperm has 23 chromosomes and the egg has 23 chromosomes and when they come together they make 46 chromosomes.
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