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Reproduction 2
Question | Answer |
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Asexual | – involves only one parent, all offspring are identical |
Sexual | – involves two parents, offspring are genetically different from the parents |
Cell Reproduction | – process where cells reproduce |
Chromosomes | – long threadlike structures located in the nucleus that have the hereditary information. |
Hereditary | – what the offspring get from the parents |
Genes | – where the information on the chromosomes is organized, each gene controls a trait |
Mitosis | – Changes in the body and nucleus of a cell that produces identical daughter cells. One cell makes 2. |
Meiosis | – making of sex cells (gametes), sperm and egg. One cell forms 4 cells that are not identical. |
Cleavage | - when cells split. |
Zygote | – fertilized egg |