Lecture 22- Asexual and sexual reproduction Flashcards

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What are the three types of asexual reproduction?

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Budding, regeneration, reparthenogenesis

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How does budding and regeneration produce new individuals?

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Mitosis

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3
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How does budding work?

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A bud grows by mitosis, cells differentiate before the bud breaks away

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4
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What is regeneration?

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  • Usually replacement of damaged tissues

- Sometimes pieces of an organism can regenerate complete organisms

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5
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In what organisms can regeneration be seen?

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Echinoderms- each piece including central disk can regenerate
Colonial cnidarians such as corals- pieces broken off in a storm start new colonies
Segmented marine worms break apart

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What is parthenogenesis?

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The development of offspring from unfertilized eggs

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When is parthenogenesis common?

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Arthropods, fish, amphibians and reptiles

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What can parthenogenesis determine?

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Sex- for example, bees:

  • Male are haploid
  • Females are diploid
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9
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What happens in some species where the parthenogentic reproduction requires sexual behavior?

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Females may act as males depending on cyclical hormonal states (estrogen and progesterone)
The sexual activity stimulates the release of the egg

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10
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What process produces haploid gametes through meiotic cell division?

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Gametogenesis

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What are the three fundamental steps of sexual reproduction in animals?

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Gametogenesis (making gametes)
Mating (bringing gametes together)
Fertilization (fusing gametes)

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12
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What are the disadvantages of sexual reproduction?

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  • Time and energy
  • Exposes to predators/damage
  • Detracts from other behaviors
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What does sexual reproduction require?

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Joining of two haploid cells to form a diploid individual

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Where does gametogenesis occur?

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In the gonads- the testes and ovaries

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15
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What are the different gametes?

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  • Small, motile sperm

- Nonmotile ova (eggs)

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16
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What are gametes produced from?

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Germ cells

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17
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Where do germ cells come from?

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They are produced early in the development of the embryo and remain distinct from the rest of the cells

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18
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Other than germ cells, what are other embryonic cells called?

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Somatic cells

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19
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What happens to the germ cells when gonads begin to form?

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They migrate to the gonads

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Once germ cells are within male gonads, what happens?

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They undergo mitosis to produce spermatogonia

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21
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After germ cells have migrated into female gonads, what happens?

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They undergo mitosis to produce oogonia

22
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What happens to diploid spermatogonia and oogonia?

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They multiply by mitosis to produce primary spermatocytes and primary oocytes

23
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What is the next step in gametogenesis after the formation of spermatocytes and oocytes?

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Meiosis- reduces chromosomes (haploid cells)

These cells mature into sperm and ova

24
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During spermatogenesis, what does the first and second meiotic division produce?

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Two secondary spermatocytes

Four haploid spermatids

25
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During division of primary spermatocytes, what are the offspring connected by?

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Cytoplasmic bridges

26
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What happens to spermatids?

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They differentiate into sperm

27
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What is the first step in oogensis?

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The female germ cell divides by mitosis to form oogonia and then primary oocytes

28
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What happens to the primary oocyte?

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It immediately begins prophase I of meiosis

29
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What happens after prophase I of meiosis?

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Development stops in many species

30
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What happens after development of the primary oocyte stops?

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It grows larger and acquires nutrients

31
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What happens when meiosis resumes?

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The nucleus of the oocyte divides into two daughter cells of unequal size

32
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What is the name of the two unequal daughter cells produced by the meiotic division of the primary oocyte?

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Secondary oocyte (larger cytoplasm)
First polar body (smaller one)
33
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What happens to the secondary oocyte?

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It continues with meiosis to form a haploid ootid which differentiates into a mature ovum
And a second polar body which degenerates

34
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What is fertilisation?

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The union of a haploid sperm and a haploid egg to create a diploid zygote

35
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What are the 6 steps in fertilisation?

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  • Recognition of sperm and egg
  • Activation of sperm
  • Plasma membranes fuse
  • Additional sperm entry blocked
  • Activation of egg
  • Egg and sperm nuclei fuse
36
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How are interactions between sperm and eggs mediated?

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Specific recognition molecules

37
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What do specific recognition molecules ensure?

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The sperm goes towards the egg

The egg isn’t fertilised by the wrong species

38
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Where is it particularly important eggs aren’t fertilised by the wrong species?

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Aquatic organisms where sperm and eggs are released to surroundings

39
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What adaptation do sea urchins have to make sure fertilisation occurs correctly?

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Chemical attractants to increase sperm mobility are species specific
Protective layers

40
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What two protective layers must sperm pass to get to the egg in marine animals such as sea Urchins?

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A jelly coat

Vitelline envelope

41
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What is an the membrane enclosed structure on the sperm head?

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The acrosome

42
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What happens when egg and sperm make contact?

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Substances in the jelly coat trigger an acrosomal reaction

43
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What happens during the acrosomal reaction?

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Membranes in the sperm head and acrosome break down, enzymes are released and digest the jelly coat

44
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After a hole has been digested in the jelly coat, what happens?

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Actin is polymerized, the acrosomal process extends down from the head of the sperm

45
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What is the acrosomal process coated with?

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Bindin

A specific recognition molecule

46
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Why is the acrosomal process coated with bindin?

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Bindin reacts with bindin receptors in the vitelline envelope

47
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What happens after bindin binds to bindin receptors?

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Sperm and egg membranes fuse to form a fertilisation cone.

48
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Internal fertilisation involves…

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Specieis specific mating behaviors and egg sperm recognition molecules

49
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What is the mammalian egg surrounded by?

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Cumulus- cells in a gelatinous matrix

50
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What is beneath the cumulus?

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The zona pellucida- a glycoprotein envelope functionally similar to the vitilline envelope

51
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What happens once sperm has fused and entered an egg cell?

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Polyspermy is blocked

Mechanisms prevent entry of more than one sperm to an egg