Inheritance - sexual and asexual reproduction

Question 1

how many chromosomes do human cells contain?

Answer 1

23 pairs

Question 2

what are gametes?

Answer 2

where chromosomes aren’t paired

Question 3

gametes in humans?

Answer 3

sperm and egg cells

Question 4

how many chromosomes do sperm and egg cells both have?

Answer 4

23 single chromosomes

Question 5

what are gametes made by?

Answer 5

meiosis (cell division)

Question 6

what does meiosis produce that mitosis does not?

Answer 6

non identical cells

Question 7

what can meiosis also take place in?

Answer 7

flowering plants

Question 8

what does sexual reproduction involve?

Answer 8

the fusion of male and female gametes - fertilisation. meaning there is a mixing of genetic information
- involves gametes
- meiosis take place

Question 9

what does the offspring receive?

Answer 9

genetic information from both male and female parents

Question 10

what is an impact of gametes?

Answer 10

they are all different so we can see variation in the offspring

Question 11

what does asexual reproduction involve?

Answer 11

• one parent
• doesn’t involve gametes
• no mixing of genetic variation
• offspring genetically identical (clones)
• meiosis’s doesn’t take place
• involved mitosis