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Genetics 2 quiz
Meiosis Mitosis Asexual and Sexual Reproduction
| Asexual Reproduction | One parent. Offspring identical to parent. |
| Sexual Reproduction | Takes two parents (two sex cells). Offspring has genetic variation. |
| Fertilization | When a sperm cell joins with an egg cell |
| zygote | The cell that is created when a sperm cell fertilizes and egg cell. |
| Mitosis | The process by which body cells are formed. |
| Meiosis | The process by which sex cells are formed. |
| The number of chromosomes in human body cells | 46 |
| The number of chromosomes in a human sex cell | 23 or half of a regular body cell. |
| what type of reproduction results in offspring that are similar to both parents. | Sexual reproduction |
| Advantage of Asexual reproduction | Do not need a mate to produce offspring. |
| Advantage of Sexual reproduction | Genetic variation, higher survival rate of offspring. |
| what is the number of cells formed after meiosis 2 | 4 genetically different sex cells |
| what is the number of cells formed after mitosis | 2 identical daughter cells |