Reproduction Flashcards
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is the process by which an organism produces others of its same kind.
Reproduction
A new organism (sometimes more than one) is produced from one organism.
Asexual Reproduction
Process by which a new, duplicate plant or animal begins to form at the side of the parent and enlarges until an individual is created.
Budding
The ability to restore lost or damaged tissues, organs or limbs.
Regeneration
Becoming two by division of the complete organism.
Fission or Binary Fission
The egg and sperm join to form an entirely new organism
Sexual Reproduction
results in offspring that are genetically identical to the parent organism
Asexual Reproduction
results in offspring that are genetically different from the parent organisms
Sexual Reproduction
an egg, female animal, or plant, involving the fusion of male and female gametes to form a zygote
Fertilization
a type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus
Mitosis
a type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell, as in the production of gametes and plant spores.
Meiosis