Passing It On Flashcards
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Heritable
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- Traits that are able to be passed on to an offspring
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Asexual Reproduction
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- The formation of an organism from a single organism
- The genetic material and inherited characteristics will be identical to the parent
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Advantages to Asexual Reproduction
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- There is no need to find a mate
- It is much faster then sexual reproduction
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Disadvantages to Asexual Reproduction
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- If the environment changes, the whole population could be wiped out as the organisms are all the same
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Types of Asexual Reproduction
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- Binary Fission
- Asexual Spores
- Asexual Reproduction in Plants
- Budding
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Binary Fission
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- Splitting of a single cell organism into two new identical organisms
- New cells are called “daughter cells”
Ex. bacteria, amoeba
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Asexual Spores
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- Organism will form single celled reproductive structures called spores
- Only one parent organism supplies the genetic material
Ex. mushrooms - Some organism create zoospores which have tails to swim in the water
Ex. green algae
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Asexual Reproduction in Plants
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- Plants can reproduce in the meristem
- If the meristem of the plant is cut of and planted it will form an plant that is the exact copy of the parent plant
Ex. potato, spider plant
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Budding
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- Organism produces a new group of cells called a bud
- When the bud is developed it will detach itself and become an independent organism
Ex. sea sponges, hydra
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Bacterial Conjuction
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- Form of sexual reproduction
- Cells do not reproduce but just combine
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Zygote
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- First cell of a growing organism
- Contains genetic material from both parents
- Single celled
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Pistil
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- Female reproductive organ
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Stamen
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- Male reproductive organ
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Ovule
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- Where egg is fertilized
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Embyro
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- Mulitcelluar organism
