Sexual Reproduction

Reproduction that combines genetic material of two organisms

• Sexual Reproduction

• Asexual Reproduction

• Fertilization

• Budding

Action or process of fertilizing an egg

• Fertilization

• Budding

• Pollination

• Zygote

A diploid Cell resulting from the fusion of 2 haploid cells gametes and fertilized ovum.

• Zygote

• Diploid

• Haploid

• Embryo

Contains two complete sets of chromosomes (1 from each parent)

• Diploid

• Haploid

• Zygote

• Embryo

A type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes.

• Mitosis

• Meiosis

• Pollination

• Budding

Action or process of fertilizing an egg

• Fertilization

• Budding

• Pollination

• Zygote

Sexual reproduction requires _____ parents and asexual reproduction requires ___ parents

• 1,1
• 2,2
• 2,1
• 1,2 

What is an advantage of sexual reproduction?

• Allows genetic variation
• Only needs one parent
• Happens very quickly
• Offspring are exact copies of parent

What is one disadvantage of sexual reproduction?

• Only one parent needed
• Off spring are exact copies of parents
• Happens very quickly
• Needs two parents

When comparing the offspring of sexually and asexually reproducing organisms, we would expect the genetic material (DNA) of the sexually reproducing organism to -

• contain fewer mutations
• be lesser in quantity
• be simpler overall
• show more variation