Reproduction Flashcards
Mode of reproduction that does not involve the use of gametes or sex cells
Asexual Rep
Mode of reproduction that involves the use of gametes or sex cells
Sexual Rep
A type of asexual reproduction involving the division of the body into two or more equal parts
bacteria, archeans, protozoa
Binary Fission
A type of asexual reproduction where the body breaks into two or more parts, with each fragment capable of becoming a complete individual; in animals,
Fragmentation
fragmentation is usually followed by _______ where the missing parts are produced. For example, a lost arm of the starfish may be regenerated by mitotic cell divisions.
regeneration
A type of asexual reproduction where a new individual arises as an outgrowth (bud) from its parent, develops organs like those of the parent, and then detaches itself.
Hydra
Budding
A type of asexual reproduction where a new individual forms from an aggregation of cells surrounded by a resistant capsule or spore, which later on germinates
Sporulation
Fusion of similar gametes which are usually motile
Isogamy
Fusion of dissimilar gametes. In oogamy, a large immotile gamete,
the egg, is fertilized by a small motile gamete, the sperm.
Heterogamy
This type of sexual reproduction involving the union of gametes from two genetically different parents.
Bisexual rep
An individual with both male and female reproductive tissues. In animals “self-fertilization” is not common. In worms, a ______ needs a male to donate sperm to fertilize the oocytes in its body.
hermaphrodite