Unit 1 - Topic 3 Flashcards
Heritable
Genetic characteristic
Can be passed on from parent to offspring
Reproductive strategy
Method organism uses to reproduce
Asexual reproduction
Formation of new individual from single organism
Binary fission
Splitting of single-celled organisms into two new organisms
Approx equal in size
Examples of organism that use binary fission
Amoebae
Bacteria
Spore
Single-called reproductive structure from which individual offspring develops
Examples of organisms that produce spores
Plants
Algae
Fungi
Some Protozoa
Zoospores
Flagellated asexual spore
Examples of organisms that reproduce by zoospores
Green algae Chlamydomonas
Ulva
Some fungi and algae
Meristem
Area of rapidly reproducing stems
Area of cell-division of unspecialized cells
In tips of roots and shoots that produces new growth in plants
Clone
Identical copy of molecule, gene, cell, or entire organism
Budding
Asexual reproduction process
Bud forms on organism, grows, and eventually breaks away to become a new organism independent of the parent
Sexual reproduction
Reproductive process involving two sexes or mating types
Ting in offspring with combination of genes from both parents
Zygospore
Single-felled reproductive structure formed in sexual reproduction by some fungi
Zygospores contain
Genetic information from two different mating types + and -
Bacterial conjugation
Direct transfer of genetic material (DNA) from one bacterial cell to another
Zygote
New cell formed by process of fertilization
Pistil
Female reproductive organ
Seed-producing part of flower
Stamen
Male reproductive organ
Part of flower containing pollen
Ovule
Plant part that develops into seed
Contains egg
Pollen tube
In a plant, tube that grows from pollen grain toward ovule
Embryo
Multi-cellular organism during early development
Cotyledon
Seed leaf
Structure in seed that nourishes plant embryo
Self-pollination
Pollination of ovule in flower with pollen from same flower
Cross-pollination
Pollination of an ovule in flower with pollen from different individual plant
Parts of pistil
Stigma
Style
Ovary
Components of stamen
Anther
Filament
Produce and store pollen grains containing sperm nuclei
Anther
Supported by filaments
Anthers