asexual/Sexual Reproduction Voca Flashcard

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Asexual Reproduction

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Reproduction not requiring fertilization; only involves one parent.

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Budding

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A form of asexual reproduction in which a new individual organism develops from one parent organism.

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Asexual reproduction produces offspring with DNA that is _________ the parent.

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the same as

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Spores

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A reproductive cell that can grow into a new organism without fertilization.

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Gametes

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The reproductive cells: egg (female) or sperm (male).

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Binary Fission

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A type of asexual reproduction where a single organism divides into two identical organisms.

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Vegetative Reproduction

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A form of asexual reproduction in plants where new individuals arise from vegetative parts.

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Regeneration

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The process by which some organisms can regrow lost body parts.

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Fertilization

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The process of combining male and female gametes to form a zygote.

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Zygote

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The fertilized egg that results from the union of sperm and egg.