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Chapter 12: Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis


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Chapter 12: Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis

p. 228: gametes, somatic, zygote, fertilization, syngamy, meiosis

p. 229: diploid, haploid, sexual reproduction, somatic, germ-line

p. 230: homologous chromosomes, homologues, synapsis, crossing over

p. 232: leptotene, zygotene, synaptonemal complex, pachytene, diplotene, diakinesis

p. 233: recombination nodules, chiasma (plural, chiasmata)

p. 234: terminal chiasmata

p. 236: anaphase I, independent assortment, telophase I, prophase II, metaphaseII, anaphase II, telophase II

p. 237: asexual reproduction, parthenogenesis

p. 238: random fertilization

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