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Asexual Reproduction
Terms about Mitosis and Asexual Reproduction
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Asexual Reproduction | a type of reproduction in which new organisms are formed from a single parent organism. -offspring are clones of the parent |
| Binary Fission | a type of cell division in which mitosis is followed by equal cytoplasmic division -type of asexual reproduction |
| Budding | a type of asexual reproduction in which mitosis is followed by unequal cytoplasmic division |
| Daughter Cell | one of two nuclei that form as a result of mitosis |
| Growth | a process by which cells increase in number and size, resulting in an increase in size of the organism |
| Homologous Chromosomes | a pair of chromosomes that carry corresponding genes for the same trait |
| Number of Chromosomes in a human cell | 46 |
| Mitosis | a precises duplication of the contents of a parent cell nucleus followed by an orderly separation of these contents into two new, identical daughter nuclei |
| Mitotic Cell Division | a type of cell division that results in the production of two daughter cells identical to each other and to the parent cell |
| Replication | a exact self-duplication of the chromosome during the early stages of cell division -the exact self-duplication of a molecule of DNA |
| Runner | a type of vegetative propagation in which an above-ground stem (runner) produces roots and leaves and establishes new organisms with identical characteristics |
| Spindle Apparatus | a network of fibers that form during cell division and to which centromeres attach during the separation of chromosomes |
| Sporulation | a type of asexual reproduction in which spores released from special spore cases on the parent plant germinate and grow into new adult organisms of the species |