Chapter 49 - Reproduction Flashcards
What is the difference between sexual and asexual reproduction?
asexual reproduction creates genetically identical offspring to the single parent. sexual reproduction creates genetically different offspring where male and female gametes come together
What is another name for asexual reproduction?
clonal reproduction
What are the 3 advantages of asexual reproduction?
1) Preserves genetic uniformity – advantageous in environments that remain stable and uniform
2) No energy expended in producing gametes
3) No energy expended in finding a mate, especially in sparsely populated areas or in sessile organisms
What type of environment does asexual reproduction usually occur in?
aqueous
What are the 3 different types of asexual reproduction?
fission, budding, fragmentation, parthenogenesis
What is fission? example?
the parent separates into two or more offspring of approximately equal size (e.g., planarians)
What is budding? example?
a new individual develops while attached to the parent (specialized region) – offspring may break free from the parent, or remain attached to form a colony (e.g., Hydra)
What is fragmentation? examples?
pieces separate from the body of a parent and develop (regenerate) into new individuals (e.g., flatworms, annelids, and some echinoderms)
What is pathogenesis? how does it work? offspring haploid or diploid?
no fertilization takes place, offspring can be haploid or diploid and are genetically different than the parent as the egg is still produced by meiosis
What are the advantages and disadvantages of sexual reproduction?
advantages: genetic diversity improves survival rate in a changing environment
disadvantages: use energy to create gametes and find mates
What are the 3 ways sexual reproduction creates genetic varaibility?
genetic recombination, independent assortment, and random fusion of gametes
What is the ultimate sources of variability for both sexual and asexual reproduction?
random DNA mutations
What is the formation of male and female gametes called?
gametogenesis
What is a zygote?
fusion of haploid sperm and egg
What are germ cells? location?
where gametes are formed, located in testes and ovaries
What do mitotic division of germ cells produce?
spermatogonia and oogonia
What does spermatogenesis produce?
4 mature haploid spermatozoa (sperm)
What is the structure of sperm?
motile cells driven through a watery medium by a flagellum
What is spermatid? what occurs here?
immature sperm, cytoplasm is lost – except for mitochondria, which produce the ATP that drive the flagellum this creates mature sperm
What is an acrosome?
A specialized secretory vesicle containing enzymes and other proteins that help the sperm penetrate the egg forms a cap over the nucleus in the head of the sperm
What does oogensis produce?
one mature, haploid ovum (egg) – a large cell containing most of the cytoplasm of the parent cell and 3 nonfunctional polar bodies
What stage does the oocytes in the ovary remain in?
1st prophase in meiosis
What stage are the oocytes in during ovulation?
2nd metaphase
When do oocytes complete meiosis?
fertilization
What type of nutrients does the egg store for different animals?
mammal eggs contain little nutrients. Eggs of birds and reptiles contain all nutrients required for complete embryonic development
What is the purpose of the egg coat?
protect the egg from injury and infection and, in some species, protect the embryo after fertilization
How does external fertilization occur? what type of animals?
Males and females synchronize release of large quantities of eggs and sperm into the surrounding water. occurs in most aquatic invertebrates, bony fishes, and amphibians
How does internal fertilization occur? what type of animals?
Sperm are released close to or inside the entrance of the female’s reproductive tract. Internal fertilization provides the aquatic medium required for fertilization inside the female’s body. Occurs in reptiles, birds, mammals annelids, and some arthropods, mollusks, and fishes
What happens a sperm touches the outer surface of an egg?
receptor proteins in the sperm plasma membrane bind the sperm to the vitelline coat or zona pellucida
Are sperm from any species allowed to bind to any egg?
mostly no, only a sperm from the same species as the egg can recognize and bind to the egg surface
What is the acrosomal reaction? when does this happen?
Attachment of sperm to egg triggers the acrosomal reaction – enzymes in the acrosome are released from the sperm and digest a path through the egg coats
The sperm follows the path until its plasma membrane touches and fuses with the plasma membrane of the egg
What is the fast block to polyspermy? how fast does this occur? what animals does this occur?
Fusion of egg and sperm opens ion channels in the plasma membrane of the egg, spreading a wave of electrical depolarization over the egg surface
Depolarization alters the egg plasma membrane’s potential from negative to positive so that it cannot fuse with any additional sperm – eliminating the possibility that more than one set of paternal chromosomes enters the egg
occurs within a few seconds after fertilization, invertebrates
What is the slow block to polyspermy? how fast does this occur?
- Fusion of egg and sperm triggers release of Ca2+ ions from the egg’s ER into the cytosol
- Ca2+ ions activate control proteins and enzymes that initiate intense metabolic activity in the fertilized egg
- Ca2+ ions trigger the cortical reaction – cortical granules under the egg’s plasma membrane release their contents by exocytosis
- Enzymes released from cortical granules alter the egg coats so no further sperm can penetrate to the egg
occurs within minutes after fertilization
What happens when the sperm nucleus enters the egg cytoplasm?
microtubules move the sperm and egg nuclei together in the egg cytoplasm and they fuse
What is oviaparous?
animals lay eggs that contain nutrients needed for development of the embryo outside the mother’s body
What is ovoviviparous?
animals retain fertilized eggs within the body and the embryo develops in the egg – there is no uterus – eggs hatch inside the mother and offspring are released
What is vivparous?
animals retain the embryo within the mother’s uterus and nourish it during at least early development