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Reproduction

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sexual reproduction a type of reproduction in which the genetic material from two different cells (a sperm and an egg) combine to produce an offspring
egg the female sex cell, which forms an ovary
sperm the male sex cell which forms the testes
fertilization a reproduction process in which a sperm joins with an egg
zygote the result of when an egg and a sperm cell join
diploid a cell that has pairs of chromosomes
homologous chromosomes pairs of chromosomes that carry the same set of genes
haploid a cell that only has one chromosome from each pair
asexual reproduction only one parent is needed to produce offspring
fission cell division that forms two genetically identical cells
meiosis a copying process that produces cells with half the usual number of chromosomes
budding the process during which a new organism grows by mitosis and cell division on the body of its parent
regeneration a type of asexual reproduction that occurs when an offspring grows from a piece of its parent
vegetative reproduction a form of asexual reproduction in which offsprings grows from a part of a parent plant
cloning a type of asexual reproduction performed in a lab that produces identical individuals from a cell or a cluster of cells taken from a multicellular organism
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