Biology  5/e   Raven/Johnson
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Scientific method: The scientific method is the experimental testing of a hypothesis formulated after the systematic, objective collection of data.

Chromosomes: Chromosomes, composed of DNA and protein, control the hereditary information for a cell except during cell division, when they are distributed.

Meiosis: Meiosis is a cell division process in which the number of chromosomes is reduced to half of that of the original source cell.

Karyotypes: The entire complement of one’s chromosomes, arranged in an orderly manner, is the karyotype of that individual.

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