Science 9 - Chapter 5 Test Flashcards
clone
identical genetic copy of its parent
Five major types of asexual reproduction used by organisms:
- binary fission (bacteria)
- budding
- fragmentation
- vegetative reproduction
- spore formation
budding
offspring starts as growth/bud on the body of the parent as a result of repeated mitosis and cell divisions
binary fission
organism splits in two roughly equal halves, pinches off (cytokinesis) to form two new organisms. mitosis not necessary because no nucleus in bacteria. single dna just replicates.
what does asexual reproduction mean?
without sex
how does asexual reproduction occur?
occurs without gametes (sex cells) coming together
how can asexual reproduction be characterized?
a. only one parent is required
b. no gametes (sex cells) required
c. offspring are clones (same set of chromosomes)
d. no specialized reproductive cells or structures
fragmentation
pieces of parent’s body breaks off. some fragments produce clones. sometimes occurs by accident. more often, it is deliberate.
ex: sea stars and flatworms reproduce by fragmentation
brain cells are replaced every:
30-50 years
stomach lining cells are replaced every:
2 days
skin cells are replaced every:
20 days
what are the 3 stages of the cell cycle?
interphase
mitosis
cytokinesis
interphase
- cell increases in size, makes protein (carries out the functions necessary for survival)
- cells copy/replicate itself and 3 billion base pairs of DNA information. DNA ladder break apart, new bases pair with bases on original DNA
- cells make proteins for new daughter cells formed after cytokinesis. chromatin (containing replicated DNA) is loosely coiled. dna copied into rna. organelles duplicated. two new identical dna molecules produced
mitosis
divides the duplicated contents of the nucleus into two equal parts
cytokinesis
separates the two nuclei and cell contents into two daughter cells
early prophase
- nucleolus disappears
- spindle fibres begin to form
late prophase
- nuclear membrane disappears
- spindle fibres finish forming and attach to centromeres or chromosomes
metaphase
- spindle fibres pull chromosomes into line at equator
anaphase
- spindle fibres pull sister chromatids to opposite poles of cell
telophase
- spindle fibres disappear
- nuclear membrane forms around each separated set of chromosomes
- nucleolus appears
define vegetative reproduction
only occurs in plants. form new plants without making seeds (without sexual reproduction)
how does vegetative reproduction work?
grasses, lilacs, and many forms send out rhizomes (underground stems.)
some woody shrubs reproduce asexually by using their ordinary stems, branches of these plants take root wherever they touch the ground.
ex: currants, willows, and forsythias
some plants send out runners which are special stems (they have a small, new, genetically identical plant on them.) when new plant touches ground; it roots, forming a whole new plant.
ex: strawberries and spider plants
grafting
- does not happen naturally. humans must make this happen.
- stems called sions are attached to the rooted stock of another species (quicker harvest)
disadvantages of vegetative reproduction
- clones, or new plants, grow close to the parents (compete for same resource)
- clones, or new plants are genetically identical. illness or disease could kill all of them