Chapter 10 Reproduction Flashcards
1
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Making new offispring
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Reproduction
2
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Reproductive strategies
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Behaviors/process used to help an organism reproduce
3
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Sexual reproduction
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Combining of genetic material through the union of reproductive cells
4
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Term for female reproductive cell
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Ovum/Ova
5
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Egg
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Ova
6
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Term for male reproductive cell
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sperm
7
Q
A fused sperm and egg create this
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zygote
8
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Exact genetic copies of parent
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Clones
9
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Asexual Reproduction
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Reproduction without the help of another individual
10
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Mitosis
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Cell division resulting in two identical cells
11
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Meiosis
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Cell division resulting in half the original amount of chromosomes. Occurs only in gametes
12
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Diploid
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contains two copies of every chromosome
13
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Haploid
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contains one copy of every chromosome
