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1.
Evolutionary psychology
Answer: emphasizes the importance of adaptation, reproduction, and \"survival of the fittest\" in shaping behavior
2.
Chromosomes
Answer: threadlike structures that comes in 23 pairs, with one member of each pair coming from each parent. Chromosomes contain the genetic substance DNA
3.
DNA
Answer: A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes.
4.
Genes
Answer: Units of heredity made up of DNA. Genes help cells to reproduce themselves and help manufacture the proteins that maintain life.
5.
Mitosis
Answer: Cellular reproduction in which the cell\'s nucleus duplicates itself with two new cells being formed, each containing the same DNA as the parent cell, arranged in the same 23 pairs of chromosomes.
6.
Meiosis
Answer: a specialized form of cell division that occurs to form eggs and sperm (or gametes)
7.
Fertilization
Answer: a stage in reproduction when an egg and a sperm fuse to create a single cell, called a zygote
8.
Zygote
Answer: a single cell formed through fertilization
9.
Genotype
Answer: a person\'s genetic heritage; the actual genetic material
10.
Phenotype
Answer: the way an individual\'s genotype is expressed in observed and measurable characteristics
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