8.LS.2 Vocabulary

 a cell that has only one chromosome from each pair

• daughter cell

• Haploid

• Diploid

• mutation

a cell that has pairs of chromosomes

• Haploid

• Chromatids

• Diploid

• Anaphase

genetic information in a cell

• Chromosomes

• Interphase

• DNA

  Deoxyribonucleic

• Diploid

joining of an egg and sperm

• DNA

  Deoxyribonucleic acid

• Fertilization

• Diploid

• Fetus

Female gametes.

• Sperm cell

• Egg cell

• Daughter cell

• Sister Chromatid

male gametes are called sperm.

• Sperm cell

• Egg cell

• Haploid cell

• Brother chromatid

pairs of chromosomes, one inherited from each parent, that have genes for the same traits arranged in the same order.

• MITOSIS

• MEIOSIS

• ZYGOTE

• HOMOLOGOUS CHROMOSOMES

process in which one diploid cell divides to make haploid sex cells

• Mitosis

• Meiosis

• Fertilization

• Homologues

production of offspring from the combination of genetic materials from two cells.

• Sexual Reproduction

• Asexual

• Zygote

• Gametes

New cell formed through fertilization

• Sperm Gamete

• Meiosis

• Zygote

• Egg Gamete