Sexual and Asexual Reproduction (HSC SSCE Biology): Flashcards
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Asexual reproduction definition
Asexual reproduction definition
Reproduction without sex cells, requiring only one parent
Offspring in asexual reproduction
Offspring in asexual reproduction
Genetically identical to parent (clones)
Main advantage of asexual reproduction
Main advantage of asexual reproduction
Quick reproduction without needing to find a mate
Main disadvantage of asexual reproduction
Main disadvantage of asexual reproduction
Lack of genetic variation in population
Vegetative propagation
Vegetative propagation
New plants from roots, stems, leaves, or buds of adult plants
Runners (stolons)
Runners (stolons)
Stems along soil surface producing leaves & roots at nodes
Tubers example
Tubers example
Potatoes - swollen underground stems storing food
Budding
Budding
Adult produces small bud that becomes new individual
Binary fission
Binary fission
Splitting into two - main method in unicellular organisms
Spores characteristics
Spores characteristics
Tiny, single-celled, light, wind-dispersed reproductive units