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| Heritable Characteristics | characteristics that are transmitted from generation to generation, such as eye colour |
| Discrete Variation | a variation in a heritable characteristic that has an either/or form, such as being an albino or not |
| Asexual Reproduction | reproduction without the fusion of sex cells, resulting in identical offspring and parent |
| Budding | a type of asexual reproduction in which a new organism developes from an outgrowth or bud on the parent |
| Vegetative Reproduction | a type of asexual reproduction in plants that does not involve the formation of a seed |
| Gamete | a sex cell, either male or female, that can unite with another to form a zygote |
| Ova/Egg | female sex cells |
| Zygote | a fertilized egg |
| Embryo | an undeveloped organism in its beginning stages |
| Stamen | a male part of the flower |
| Pistil | a female part of the flower |
| Anther | a part of the stamen that produces pollen and stores it |
| Cross-pollination | the transfer of pollen from the anter of one plant to the stigme of another plant |
| Style | the structure that supports the stigma and connects it with the ovary of the plant |
| Non-heritable characteristics | characteristics caused by the environment, such as tanned sick due to the exposure to sunlight |
| Continuous Variation | variation in a heritable characteristic that falls within a range, such as height |
| Binary Fission | a type of asexual reproduction in which a parent cell divides exactly into two identical cells |
| Spore Production | a type of asexual reproduction where spores, which are similar to seeds, are produced by the division of parent cells |
| Sexual Reproduction | reproduction involving the exchange of genetic material between two individuals resulting in offspring the are genetically different from the parents |
| Sperm | a male sex cell |
| Fertilization | the union of a female and male sex cell |
| Cleavage | the first divisions of a fertilized egg |
| Pollen | the male sex cells in plants |
| Ovules | the female sex cells in plants |
| Pollination | the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma |
| Stigma | the female part of the flower which receives the pollen |
| Cross-fertilization | the joining of gametes from a pollen grain and an ovule from different plants to form a zygote |
| Ovary | the female reproductive organ in which egg cells are produced in plants |
