a- 5 not or without (asexual: type of reproduction not involving fertilization)
-apsis 5 juncture (synapsis: the pairing of replicated homologous chromosomes during prophase I of meiosis)
auto- 5 self (autosome: the chromosomes that do not determine gender)
chiasm- 5 marked crosswise (chiasma: the X-shaped, microscopically visible region representing homologous chromosomes that have exchanged genetic material through crossing over during meiosis)
di- 5 two (diploid: cells that contain two homologous sets of chromosomes)
fertil- 5 fruitful (fertilization: process of fusion of a haploid sperm and a haploid egg cell)
haplo- 5 single (haploid: cells that contain only one chromosome of each homologous pair)
homo- 5 like (homologous: like chromosomes that form a pair)
karyo- 5 nucleus (karyotype: a display of the chromosomes of a cell)
meio- 5 less (meiosis: a variation of cell division which yields daughter cells with half as many chromosomes as the parent cell)
soma- 5 body (somatic: body cells with 46 chromosomes in humans)
sporo- 5 a seed; -phyt 5 a plant (sporophyte: the multicellular diploid form in organisms undergoing alternation of generations that results from a union of gametes and that meiotically produces haploid spores that grow into the gametophyte generation)
syn- 5 together; gam- 5 marriage (syngamy: the process of cellular union during fertilization)
tetra- 5 four (tetrad: the four closely associated chromatids of a homologous pair of chromosomes)
