bio 30-50
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- growth
- initiates cell division
- gamete
- egg or sperm sex cell, contains single set of chromosomes
- enzyme function
- binding to one or more of the reactants in a reaction
- organic
- carbon based molecule
- polymer
- long chain of monomers
- eukarya
- organisms whose cells are organized into complex structures by internal membranes
- cancer
- disease caused by severe disruption of mechanisms that control the cell
- daughter cells
- cell made by a parent
- inorganic
- of or relating to compounds not containing hydrocarbon groups
- fungi
- any eukaryotic organism that is a member of the fungi kingdom
- DNA replication
- process of copying DNA molecules
- monomer
- small molecular unit that is the building block of a larger molecule
- asexual reproduction
- type of reproduction with no parents
- diploid
- having two homologous sets of chromosomes, 46
- animalia
- major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms
- protista
- eukaryotic organism that is not an animal, plant, or fungus
- 4 types of biomolecules
- carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids
- zygote
- diploid cell formed when the nucleus of a haploid sperms cell fuses with nucleus of haploid egg cell
- plantae
- multicellular autotroph in which the embryo develops within the female gametophyte
- haploid
- having a single set of chromosomes, 23