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Reproduction
Asexual and Sexual Reproduction
Term | Definition |
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Asexual Reproduction | When the genes of an offspring come from a single parent. Identical to parent. |
Sexual Reproduction | When a male and female sex cell come together to form a unique organism. |
Binary Fission | Asexual reproduction where an organism splits in half. (Bacteria) |
Fragmentation | Asexual reproduction where an organism divides and generates to form a new organism. (Starfish) |
Budding | Asexual reproduction where a new cell grows off the side of an existing cell. |
Parthenogenesis | Asexual reproduction where an organism reproduces by "virgin birth." (Whiptail lizard, Copperhead Snake) |
Fertilization | When reproductive cells, the egg and sperm, join to form a zygote. |
Internal reproduction | Reproduction where the egg is fertilized inside of an organism. (humans) |
External reproduction | Reproduction where the egg is fertilized outside of an organism. |
Asexual reproduction advantages | Quick and doesn't require a mate. |
Asexual reproduction disadvantages | No mixed traits and is identical to the parent, so carries whatever disease the parent might get. |
Sexual reproduction advantages | More genetic variety and unique organism. |
Sexual reproduction disadvantages | Longer time to develop and requires 2 parents. |
Cross Pollination | Process in flowers where the pollen from one plant fertilizes the egg of another plant. |
How are sex chromosomes labeled? | XY = Male; XX = Female |
Mitosis | Cell division that occurs in soma (body) cells. |
Meiosis | Cell division of gametes (sex cells). |
Gametes | The sex cells in sexual reproduction. (sperm and egg) |
Self pollination | Occurs when the egg of a flower is fertilized by the pollen of the same flower. |