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Genotype
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Genetic makeup of an organism
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Diploid
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Term used to refer to a cell that contains both sets of homologous chromosomes
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Homozygous
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Used to refer to an organism that has two identical alleles for a particular trait
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Meiosis
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Process by which the number of chromosomes per cell is cut in half through the separation of homologous chromsomes in a diploid cell
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Allele
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One of a numer of different forms of a gene
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Phenotype
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Physical characteristics of an organism
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Haploid
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Term used to refer to a cell that contains only a single set of chromosomes and therefore only a single set of genes
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Heterozygous
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Term used to refer to an organism that has two different alleles for the same trait
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Crossing over
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Process in which homologous chromosomes exchange portions of their chromatids during meiosis
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Gamete
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Specialized cell involved in sexual reproduction
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Who is "the father of genetics"?
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Mendel
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Haploid numer is 8, what is the diploid number?
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16
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What type of cell would have a haploid number?
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What type of cell would have a diploid number?
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What two genotypes could Mendel's tall pea plant have?
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Tt, TT
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