Examples Flashcards
ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION
- Binary fission:
- Budding:
- Cell Division:
- Amoeba
- Yeast
- Protists & Monerans
ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION STRUCTURE
- Zoospores:
- Conidia:
- Buds:
- Gemmules:
- Chlamydomonas
- Penicillium
- Hydra
- Sponges
VEGETATIVE PROPAGULES IN ANGIOSPERMS
1. Eyes:
2. Rhizome:
3. Bulbil:
4. Leaf Buds:
5. Offsets:
- Potato
- Ginger, Banana
- Agave
- Bryophyllum
- Water hyacinth
OESTRUS CYCLE
- Tiger
- Cows
- Sheep
- Rats
- Deers
- Dogs
MENSTRUAL CYCLE
- Monkey
- Apes
- Humans
MONOECIOUS PLANTS
Bisexual plants
- Cucurbits
- Coconut
- Chara
DIOECIOUS PLANTS
Unisexual plants
- Papaya
- Date palm
- Marchantia
BISEXUAL ANIMALS
Hermaphrodite
- Earthworm
- Sponge
- Leech
- Tapeworm
UNISEXUAL ANIMALS
Cockroach
PARTHENOGENESIS
- Rotifers
- Honey bee
- Some lizards
- Birds (turkey)
EXTERNAL FERTILISATION
- Most aquatic organisms
- Majority of algae + fishes + Amphibians
INTERNAL FERTILISATION
- Mang terrestial organisms (Belonging to fungi)
- Higher animals (reptiles, birds, mammals)
- Majority of plants (Bryophytes, pteridophyte, gymnosperm, angiosperm)
MULTICARPELLARY SYNCARPOUS PISTIL
Papaver
MULTICARPELLARY APOCARPUS GYNOECIUM
Michelia
PRESENCE OF ONE OVULE IN AN OVARY
- Wheat
- Paddy
- Mango
PRESENCE OF MANY OVULES IN AN OVARY
- Papaya
- Watermelon
- Orchids
AUTOGAMY
- Viola (common pansy)
- Oxalis
- Commelina
ABIOTIC AGENTS OF POLLINATION
Wind
Water
BIOTIC AGENTS OF POLLINATION
- Animals [Bees, Butterflies, Beetles, Wasp, Ants, Moths, Birds (sunbird, humming bird), Bats, Some Primates (lemurs), arboreal (tree-dwelling), rodents, reptiles (gecko lizard & garden lizard).
WIND POLLINATION
Grasses
INSECTS OR WIND POLLINATION
Water Hyacinth
Water Lilly
ENDOSPERM COMPLETELY CONSUMED BY DEVELOPING EMBRYO BEFORE SEED MATURATION
- Pea
- Groundnuts
- Beans
PERSISTENT ENDOSPERM
Castor
Coconut
ALBUMINOUS SEED
Wheat
Maize
Barley
Castor
Sunflower
NON-ALBUMINOUS SEED
Pea
Groundnut
TRUE FRUIT
Most of the fruits
FALSE FRUITS
Apple
Strawberry
Cashew
PARTHENOCARPIC FRUITS
Banana
APOMIXIS
Asteraceae
Grasses
POLYEMBRYONY
Citrus fruits
HORMONES RELEASED DURING PREGNANCY
- BY PLACENTA-
hcG
hPL
Estrogen
Progesterone - BY OVARY-
Relaxin
During pregnancy levels of estrogens, progesterone, cortisol, prolactin, thyroxine are also increases in maternal blood
NATURAL METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION
- Periodic abstinence
- Withdrawal & coitus interrupts
- Lactational amenorrhea