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8th Grade Ch 11
Reproduction of Organisms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| sexual reproduction | a type of reproduction in which the genetic materials from 2 different cells combine, producing an offspring |
| egg | female reproductive cell that is formed in the ovaries |
| sperm | male reproductive cell that is formed in the testes |
| fertilization | process where an egg and sperm cell join together |
| zygote | a new cell that forms from fertilization and makes a new offspring |
| diploid cell | cell that has pairs of chromosomes |
| homologous chromosomes | pairs of chromosomes that have genes for the same traits and arranged in the same order |
| haploid cell | cell that has only one chromosome from each pair |
| meiosis | one diploid cell divides and makes four haploid reproductive cells |
| asexual reproduction | one parent organism produces offspring without meiosis and fertilization |
| fission | cell division in prokaryotes that forms two genetically identical cells |
| budding | process where a new organism grows by mitosis and cell division on the body of its parent |
| regeneration | process that occurs when an offspring grows from a piece of its parent |
| vegetative reproduction | process in which offspring grows from a part of a parent plant |
| cloning | process performed in a lab that produces identical individuals from a cell or a cluster of cells taken from a multicellular organism |