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chromosome - Answer✔✔- a threadlike body in the cell nucleus that carries the
genes in a linear order
mitosis - Answer✔✔- part of eukaryotic cell division during which the cell
nucleus divides
centriole - Answer✔✔- one of two tiny structures located in the cytoplasm of
animal cells near the nuclear envelope
, fertilization - Answer✔✔- creation by the physical union of male and female
gametes
principle of dominance - Answer✔✔- states that some alleles are dominant and
others are recessive
phenotype - Answer✔✔- what an organism looks like as a consequence of its
genotype
diploid - Answer✔✔- (genetics) an organism or cell having two sets of
chromosomes or twice the haploid number
transfer RNA - Answer✔✔- short-chain RNA molecules present in the cell (in at
least 20 varieties, each variety capable of combining with a specific amino acid)
that attach the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized
at the ribosome of the cell (according
polymerase - anSwer-an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and
RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA
DNA - Answer✔✔- (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of
a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix