Reproduction Flashcards
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What is reproduction?
Process that different organisms go through to produce offspring
Is sexual reproduction necessary for the survival of an individual organism
No, it’s only necessary for the survival of the species
What is extinction?
The total disappearance of an entire species
What is the process used in Sexual Reproduction?
Meiosis
The fusion of two different Gametes from two different parents
Sexual Reproduction
What are Gametes
Sex cells
What are the sex cells for a male and a female
Males: Sperm
Females: Eggs
How many chromosomes are in each sex cell
23
What is the biggest advantage of sexual reproduction
Genetic diversity
Creation of offspring from one parent with no fusion of gametes
Asexual reproduction
In a sexual reproduction is the offspring genetically identical to the parent?
Yes, the offspring is genetically identical to the parent
What is binary fission?
Two genetically identical copies of the parent Cell, both the same size
What type of cell division is sexual reproduction involved in?
Meiosis
What type of cell division is asexual reproduction involved in?
Mitosis
What is budding?
When a genetically identical organism gross from the body of the parent organism and detects when the reproduction is complete
when is mitosis involved in sexual reproduction?
After fertilization
What is mitosis?
A process that takes a cell and creates an exact duplicate of it
When are our cells undergo mitosis to create new cells and replace the damage/ old ones?
Ourselves constantly undergo mitosis to create new cells and replace the old ones
What is the daughter cell receive that is exactly the same as the mother cell
DNA
Why do multicellular organisms use mitosis
For growth and repair
What are the stages of mitosis?
Interface, Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, cytokinesis
How do cancerous cells usually happen?
They usually have some kind of flaw in their DNA that is copied as the cell undergoes mitosis
Is cloning a type of asexual reproduction
Yes
When is an organism ready to reproduce?
When an animal grows matures and their cells will be ready to reproduce a.k.a. puberty