reproduction Flashcards
Asexual reproduction
progeny are genetically identical or very similar to their parents
budding and fragmentation
a single individual produces at least one offspring that is genetically identical to the parent
parthenogenesis
asexual reproduction in which an egg developes w/o fertilization can be haploid or dipolid. Can be bolgate or faccullative
oblegate
do something all the time
faculatitive
sometimes do something
Sexual reproduction
reproduction of progeny from two parents that contribute nearly equal amounts of genetic material usually haploid + haploid=diploid
why sexual reproduction
generates genomic variation at three levels, creates population of distinct genotypes
hermaphrodites
capacity to produce egg and sperm, simultaneous hermaphrodites produce egg and sperm at the same time.
serial hermaphrodites
change sex in response to environmental cues
protogynous/ protoandrous
females become males/ males become females
overview of sexual reproduction
fertilization (zygote), cell division (blastula), gastrulation (gastrula) morphogenesis (larva), metamorphosis (nonereproductive juvanile), reproductive development, dealth
Determination of sex by genotype: mammals
all mammals use xy determination, male is XY females is XX
sex determination: Birds and butterflies
female zw, male zz
bee and ants sex determination
fertilized is dipolid female, unfertilized is haplod male
Sex determination by environment
TSD dependent sex determination, temp of egg incubation determines sex,
ovipary
ova laid and all development occurs externally, fertilization can be external or internal fish reptilies birds, live birth
vivipary
young development within the female body fetilization internal, mallams and a few other taxa
Ovo-vivipary
ova laid within the mother body, developes and hatches internally untill birth, some fish and reptiles
reproductive hormones responsible for
development, sexual maturation, gametogenesis, mating
GnRH
gonadotropin releasing hormones, synthesized and released from hypthalamus delivered to anterior pituitary gland.
what are the main goals of GnRH
regulates FSH and LH release
Gonadotropins
peptide hormones from anterior pitituary, control steroid hormone synthesis in vertebrates
Types of gonadotropins
FSH, LH, chronic gonadotropin, only in primates synthesized by the placenta
Steroid Hormones
derived from cholesterol, regulation via gene expression, bind to nuclear hormone receptor in target
Steroid hormones in vertebrates
produced in the gonads, androgens: testosterone, estrogens: estradiol