Test 3: Sexual Reproduction Flashcards
Asexual reproduction
A method of reproduction where genetically identical clones are produced through a single parent without the involvement of gametes.
Sexual reproduction
A method of reproduction involving the fusion of two haploid cells to form a genetically unique diploid organism, introducing variation into offspring.
Meiosis
A type of cell division that produces haploid cells as part of the sexual reproductive cycle, reducing the chromosome number by half.
Fertilization
The process of uniting two haploid cells to form a diploid zygote, restoring the diploid condition.
Diploid
Organisms with two sets of chromosomes per somatic cell, where each chromosome type has two copies that are homologous to each other.
Haploid
Cells containing one set of chromosomes, which is half the diploid number.
Germ cells
Specialized diploid cells in animals that give rise to haploid gametes through meiosis.
Alternation of generations
A life cycle in plants where multicellular haploid and diploid organisms alternate, such as in ferns.
Gametes
Specialized cells involved in sexual reproduction, each containing one set of chromosomes.
Sporophyte
The diploid multicellular plant in plants with alternation of generations, producing haploid spores through meiosis.
Gametophyte
The haploid multicellular plant in plants with alternation of generations, producing gametes.
Zygospore
The diploid cell formed by the fusion of specialized haploid cells in fungi, undergoing meiosis to produce haploid spores.
Meiosis I
Separates homologous chromosomes into haploid daughter cells
Interphase
Precedes meiosis, includes G1, S, G2 phases for cell growth and DNA replication
Chromosome replication
Produces identical sister chromatids held at centromere until anaphase II
Prophase I
Homologous chromosomes pair, undergo crossing over
Crossing over
Exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes
Chiasma
Visual evidence of crossing over events