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Synapsis
Th pairing of homologous chromosomes, which does not happen in mitosis
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Tetrad
Each pair of homologous chromosomes
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Crossing-over
The process when portions of chromatids may break off and attach to adjacent chromatids on the homologous chromosome
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Genetic Recombination
A new mixture of genetic material
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Independent Assortment
The random seperation of the homologous chromosomes
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Spermatogenesis
The production of sperm cells
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Oogenesis
The production of matureegg cells or ova
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Polar Bodies
The 3 other products of oogenesis other than the egg cell
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Sexual Reproduction
The production of offspring through meiosis and the union of a sperm and an egg
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Heredity
The transmission of characteristics form parents to offspring
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Trait
A genetically determined varient of a characteristic
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Pollination
Occurs when pollen grains produced in male reproduction parts of a flower, called the anthers, are transferred to the female reproductive part of a flower, called the stigma
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Self-pollination
Occurs when pollen is transferred from the anthers of a flower to the stigma of either that flower or another flower on the same plant
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Cross-pollination
Occurs between flowers of two pea plants
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True-breeding
"pure", when it self-pollinates it always produces an offspring with that trait
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P Generation
True-breeding parents
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F1 Generation
The offspring of the P generation and the first filial generation
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F2 Generation
The offspring of the F1 generation, of the second filial generation
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Dominant
Describes the allele that is fully expressed when carried by onlty one of a pair of homologous chromosomes
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Recessive
Describes a trait or an allele that is expressed only when two recessive alleles for the same characteristic are inherited
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Law of Segregation
States that a pair of factors is segregated, or seperated, during the formation of gametes
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Law of Independent Assortment
States the factors sepreate independently of one another during the formation of gametes
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Mollecular Genetics
The study of the structure and function of chromosomes and genes
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Allele
Each of two or more alternate forms of a gene
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