Asexual Reproduction Flashcards
1
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What is budding?
A
Growing a new organism right from the parent body
2
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What is a genome?
A
An organisms complete set of DNA
3
Q
What is a chromosome?
A
One or more unique pieces of DNA
4
Q
What is a gene?
A
A specific sequence of DNA
5
Q
What is Mitosis?
A
Replication division where one diploid cell divides into 2 copies
6
Q
What is Meiosis?
A
Reduction division where one cell divides into one or several haploid copies
7
Q
What is Fragmentation?
A
When a parent breaks into smaller parts and each piece develops a new organism
8
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What is Parthenogenesis?
A
Developing a new organism from a female egg without being fertilized by a sperm cell.
