Description

Is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits (characteristics) by choosing which typically animal or plant males and females will sexually reproduce and have offspring together.
Management and care of farm animals by humans
Sexual reproduction of offspring from the mating or breeding of individuals or organisms that are closely related genetically
An organism or cell, or group of organisms or cells, produced asexually from one ancestor or stock, to which they are genetically identical
Mutation are changes in DNA
An experimental technique that uses genes to treat or prevent disease
Is the direct manipulation of an organism's genome using biotechnology
Process of intrbreeding between individuals of different speices
Laboratory process of taking genes from one species and inserting them into another in an attempt to obtain a desired trait or characteristic.(in some food)
Cell with two of each kind of chromosome; is said to contain a diploid, or 2n, number of chromosomes
Branch of biology that studies heredity
Characteristic that is inherited; can be either dominant or recessive
Type of cell division where one body cell produces for gametes, each containing half the number of chromosomes in a parent’s body
When there are two identical alleles for a trait
Haploid female sex cell produced by meiosis
Fusion of male and female gametes
Exchange of genetic material between non-sister chromatids from homologous chromosome during prophase I of meiosis; results in new allele combinations
Alternative forms of a gene for each variation of a trait of an organism
Combination of genes in an organism
Haploid male sex cells produced by meiosis

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Crossword puzzles have been published in newspapers and other publications since 1873. They consist of a grid of squares where the player aims to write words both horizontally and vertically.

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Some of the words will share letters, so will need to match up with each other. The words can vary in length and complexity, as can the clues.

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