Chapter 5.4: Getting Together Flashcards
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Sexual reproduction
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Joining together of male and female reproductive cells
2
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Gametes
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Reproductive cells containing half the genetic information of normal cells
3
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Sperm
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Male reproductive cell
4
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Ova
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Female sex cell
5
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Zygote
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Cell formed by the fusion of two gametes
6
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External fertilisation
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Reproduction where the eggs are released by the female into water by sperm released nearby
7
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Internal fertilisation
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Reproduction where the egg remains in the female and is fertilised by sperm inserted into the female
8
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Copulation
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The act of inserting sperm into the female
9
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Meiosis
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Cell division process that results in new cells
