Genetics Vocab Part 1

2. A type of asexual reproduction in which an outgrowth develops at a particular location on the organism, creating a new organism
4. The "command center" of the cell
7. A type of reproduction requiring only one parent and that results in offspring identical to the parent
8. A different version of something such as alleles or traits
9. The male gamete or reproductive cell
10. The process of creating new organisms of the same species
14. An organism composed of only one cell
16. The first new cell of an offspring, created when the sperm and egg combine
17. A type of asexual reproduction that prokaryotes and other single-celled organisms often undergo. In this process, the organism duplicates its genetic material and then divides evenly into two organisms.
18. The female gamete or reproductive cell
21. A living thing
22. The union of sperm (male) and egg (female)
23. A structure composed of DNA coiled around proteins
25. A process during which the nucleus and cellular contents duplicate and then divide, producing two identical cells
26. An organism whose cell(s) contain a nucleus
27. A new organism that results from asexual or sexual reproduction

1. Any organism composed of two or more cells
3. The products of cell division in which the cells are genetically identical to the parent cell
5. A type of reproduction that requires two parents and results in an offspring with traits from both parents
6. Any change in a sequence of DNA
11. The hereditary material found in many organisms
12. A process by which a parent cell divides
13. A form of asexual reproduction where a new plant grows from a part of the parent plant
15. An organism whose cell does not contain a nucleus
19. Reproductive cells; sperm (male) and egg (female)
20. The smallest organized unit in a living thing
24. A reproductive process during which the nucleus and cellular contents duplicate and then divide, producing two identical cells