Chapter 8: Genetics

No animal lives forever, so reproduction is essential to the survival of a species.

• True

• False

________ reproduction involves only one parent.

• Asexual

• Sexual

_________ reproduction produces offspring that are identical to the parent.

• Asexual

• Sexual

_______ reproduction takes two parents to produce an offspring.

• Asexual

• Sexual

_______ reproduction involves the gamete cells.

• Asexual

• Sexual

______ reproduction produces offspring through mitosis.

• Asexual

• Sexual

______ reproduction allows for a quick production of offspring. 

• Asexual

• Sexual

Offspring produced through ____ reproduction are a genetic combination of traits inherited from parents.

• Asexual

• Sexual

Offspring produced through _____ reproduction are more likely to survive an environmental change because they have greater genetic diversity.

• Asexaul

• Sexual

If having dimples (D) is dominant to not having dimples (d), what is the percent chance that the offspring produced from two heterozygous parents will have dimples?

• 0%

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%