lecture 28 - asexual reproduction

Question 1

creation of a new individual from one parent without the involvement of gametes

Answer 1

asexual reproduction

Question 2

binary fission

Answer 2

single parent cell doubles its DNA and divides into two identical cells

Question 3

what forms on the surface of the parent cell, grows, and eventually detaches as a new organism?

Answer 3

bud

Question 4

fragmentation

Answer 4

organism breaks into parts and is followed by regeneration

Question 5

a starfish loses an arm; that arm can grow into a whole new starfish

Answer 5

fragmentation

Question 6

asexual reproduction in plants where new individuals grow from stems, leaves, or roots

Answer 6

vegetative reproduction

Question 7

how does budding in hydra differ from yeast?

Answer 7

in hydra, the bud grows using regenerative cells and detaches as a fully formed organism

in yeast, the nucleus divides asymmetrially before the bud detaches

Question 8

what are sex cells (egg and sperms) called?

Answer 8

gametes

Question 9

parthenogenesis

Answer 9

allows females to reproduce without males

Question 10

apomixis

Answer 10

no need for sperm or eggs to combine