Reproduction Flashcards
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What is sexual reproduction?
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Fusion of two gametes to form a zygote (fertilised egg cell)
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Gametes and Zygotes
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Gametes are haploid as they have 23 chromosomes and Zygotes are diploid as they have 46 since eggs and sperm fuse with each other
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Advantages of Sexual reproduction
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- Variation in offspring due to meiosis
- Better adapted to environmental changes
- Selective breeding
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Asexual Reproduction
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The process in which one parent produces genetically identical offspring
5
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Advantages and disadvantages of asexual reproduction
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