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a type of asexual reproduction in which a portion of the parent organism separates to form a new organism
a) budding
b) fertilization
c) replication
d) spore

a strand of DNA with associated proteins that is usually found in the nucleus of the cell
a) chromosome
b) zygote
c) nucleotide
d) gamete

a sequence of three nucleotides in a molecule of mRNA that codes for a particular amino acid to be used in a protein
a) codon
b) gamete
c) spore
d) gene

having two of each type of chromosome in the cells of an organism
a) diploid
b) haploid
c) transcription
d) replication

the formation of a zygot from the union of two gametes
a) fertilization
b) budding
c) regeneration
d) mitosis

a haploid cell that contains only one of each type of chromosome found in an organism; an egg or sperm
a) gamete
b) gene
c) nucleotide
d) codon

a segment of DNA that codes for a specific protein (or part of a protein), which contributes to a specific characteristic in an organism
a) gene
b) nucleotide
c) spore
d) zygote

having only one of each chromosome normally found in the cells of an organism
a) haploid
b) diploid
c) transcription
d) replication

the process in which one diploid cell forms haploid cells (gametes)
a) meiosis
b) mitosis
c) regeneration
d) replication

the separating of a cell’s duplicated chromosomes that results in two identical nuclei
a) mitosis
b) meiosis
c) fertilization
d) budding

the basic structural unit of DNA and RNA, which contains a sugar, a phosphate, and a base
a) nucleotide
b) codon
c) spore
d) chromosome

the process of replacing missing structures; a method od asexual reproduction in some organisms
a) regeneration
b) replication
c) transcription
d) fertilization

the process of forming two DNA molecules from one original DNA molecule
a) replication
b) regeneration
c) transcription
d) fertilization

a cell with a hard protective covering that can produce a new organism under favorable conditions
a) spore
b) gamete
c) codon
d) zygote

the manufacture of a single mRNA strand from a DNA molecule
a) transcription
b) replication
c) regeneration
d) budding

a diploid cell formed from the union of two gametes
a) zygote
b) codon
c) gamete
d) gene

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