B2 Topic 1 - Building Blocks of Cells

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Pairs with Thymine
Adenine
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Pairs with Guanine
Cytosine
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A cell that has two sets of chromosomes
Diploid
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Division of a parent cell that produces two genetically identical diploid cells
Mitosis
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A sex cell (egg or a sperm cell)
Gametes
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Containing a single set of chromosomes
Haploid
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A fertilised egg cell
Zygote
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Division of parent cell that produces genetically different haploid cells
Meiosis
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Unspecialised cell that can divide to produce more stem cells or different kinds of specialised cell.
Stem Cell
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When a strand of mRNA is produced by complementary pairing of bases with one strand of DNA in the nucleus
Transcription
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A base only found in RNA, which replaces the base thymine found in DNA
Uracil
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Liquid gel which makes up a lot of the body of a cell and is where chemical reactions take place
Cytoplasm
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A change in the base sequence of DNA
Mutation
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Pairs with Guanine

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Cytosine

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A cell that has two sets of chromosomes

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Division of a parent cell that produces two genetically identical diploid cells

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A sex cell (egg or a sperm cell)

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