| alternation of generations | fertilization | metaphase I | reshuffling |
| anaphase I | gamete | metaphase II | sexual reproduction |
| anaphase II | gametophyte | metaphase plate | sibling |
| asexual reproduction | gene | microtubule | sister chromatid |
| autosome | genetics | mitosis | somatic cell |
| binary fission | haploid | mutation | sperm |
| cell plate | heredity | n | spindle apparatus |
| centromere | homologous | natural selection | sporophyte |
| centrosome | homologue | nonsister chromatid | synapsis |
| chiasma | independent assortment | nucleus | synthesis |
| chromosome | inheritance | ovary | telophase I |
| cleavage furrow | interphase | ovum | telophase II |
| crossing over | karyotype | parent cell | testis |
| cytokinesis | kinetochore | ploidy | tetrad |
| cytoplasm | life cycle | pole | trait |
| daughter cell | locus | prophase I | variation |
| diploid | meiosis | prophase II | X chromosome |
| DNA | meiosis I | random fertilization | Y chromosome |
| egg | meiosis II | replication | zygote |