(Biology in Focus) Chapter 2.1 Flashcards
Asexual and sexual reproduction – one parent or two?
1
Q
The point of reproduction is to…?
A
ensure the continuity of life
2
Q
Reproductive success is…?
A
an organisms’s ability to SUCESSSFULLY REPRODUCE fertile offspring that survives long enough to REPRODUCE offspring of their own, so there’s gain with the loss
(if you think about it, reproducing is useless if your kids die out anyway, and the family line ends)
3
Q
The MEASURE or EVALUATION of an individual’s reproductive success is their…?
A
biological fitness: a genotype’s average contribution to the gene pool + the likelihoofd
