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the meaning by which 2 individuals are combined to produce an offspring is know as ???
sex
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a reproductive cell usually an egg or a sperm and posses half as much DNA as the tissue cell is known as ??
gametes
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in sexually reproducing organisms the gamete that belongs to females and is defined as the larger of the gametes and is nonmotile is known as ???
egg (ovum)
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in sexually reproducing organism the gamete that belongs to males and defined as the smaller of the gametes and is motile is known as ???
sperm
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the production of males in a population reduces its ??? by a factor of 2
reproductive potential
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an asexual individual will pass on all of her ???
mutations
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the accumulation of mutations in a population is a form of ???
genetic load
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a reduction in the mean fitness of a population is known as ???
genetic load
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female aphid giving birth to a daughter by parthenogenesis equals ???
offspring from an unfertilized egg
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