Topic 6 Reproduction Flashcards
How are gametes produce for sexual reproduction
Meiosis
How many chromosomes does a gamete contain
23 half the number of normal human cell
How did the gametes form a cell with a full number of chromosomes
The egg and sperm cell fuse together during fertilisation
What does the mix of genetic information produce
Variation in The Offspring
How do plants reproduce
Can reproduce using sexual reproduction as they have eggs and pollen is the sperm 
What does asexual production produce
Genetically identical cells
How does asexual reproduction happen
By mitosis an ordinary cell makes a new cell by dividing in 2
What is the new cell
A clone of the parents out
What is sexual reproduction
Involves the fusion of male and female gametes because there are two parents of the offspring contains a mixture of the parents genes
What is asexual reproduction
There is only one parent there is no fusion of gametes no mixing of chromosomes in a genetic variation between apparently offspring The Offspring are genetically identical to the parent
What produces asexually
Bacteria
some plants and some animals
