MATHEMATICS OF REPRODUCTION Flashcards
What are the two types of reproduction?
Asexual and sexual
Entails the creation of offspring carrying the genetic info, in the form of DNA from their parents
Reproduction
Types of asexual reproduction?
Binary fission
Budding
Fragmentation
Special type of asexual reproduction where egg cell will develop without being fertilized by sperm cell
Parthenogenesis
Separation of an individual into two individuals about the same size
By bacterial cells or protozoans
Similar to mitosis
Binary fission
Splitting off of new individuals from existing ones
By plants and hydra
Mitotic division
Budding
Parent will break off into fragments and the fragments will develop into new individuals
Fragmentation
Advantages of asexual reproduction
No need to find mates
Quick reproduction
Expansion of population
Type of reproduction where there is only one parent and offspring is genetically identical to the parent
Asexual
Type of reproduction where there are at least two parents offspring is not identical to the parent there is variation that permits survival involvement of gametes
Sexual
Structures that produce egg and sperm cells
Gonads
Internal parts of female reproductive system
Ovary Fallopian tube/oviduct Uterus Cervix Vagina
Female gonad that produces egg cells
Ovary
Catches produced egg cells and is the site of fertilization
Fallopian tube
Thick muscular structure which is also the womb
Uterus