Chapter 13

Question 1

Distinguish between asexual and sexual reproduction.

Answer 1

Asexual:
- One parent
- Identical Offspring
- "Clones"
- Mitosis, cloning, budding
Sexual:
- One parent
- common resemblance
- "crossing over"
- sperm and egg

Question 2

Distinguish among the life cycle patterns of animals, fungi, and plants.

Answer 2

In animals:
-sperm and egg
- nonviable until fertilized
- only found in the ovary and testis
- Diploid zygote
Plants:
- sporophytes and gameotophytes
- gametes can survive on their own
- spores combine to form diploids
-alternation of generation
Fungi:
-Adult form is haploid
-Spores combine to form zygote
-2n stage does not last long
-Goes through meiosis to produce adults

Question 3

List the phases of Meiosis 1 and Meiosis 2 and describe the events characteristic of each phase.

Answer 3

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