BIOL 205 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Down Syndrome, Genetic Disorder, Synapsis

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Asexual reproduction: the creation of offspring by a single parent, without the participation of sperm and egg. Chromosomes: a threadlike gene carrying structure found in the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell and most visible during mitosis and meiosis; also the main gene-carrying structure of a prokaryotic cell. Chromosomes consist of chromatin, a combination of dna and protein. Sexual reproduction: the creating of offspring with the fusion of two haploid sex cells (gametes), forming a diploid zygote. Binary fission: a means of asexual reproduction in which a parent organism, often a single cell, divides into two individual of about equal size. Chromatin: the complex of dna and proteins that constitutes eukaryotic chromosomes; often used to refer to the diffused, very extended form taken by chromosomes when a cell is not dividing. Sister chromatids: one of the two identical parts of a duplicated chromosome in a eukaryotic cell.

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