Heredity and Reproduction

Type of reproduction in which a new organism is produced from one parent and the DNA is identical to the parent organism.

• asexual reproduction

• sexual reproduction

• heredity

a type of reproduction in which two sex cells, usually an egg and a sperm, join to form a zygote, which will develop into a new organism with a unique identity.

• asexual reproduction

• sexual reproduction

• mutation

• meiosis

Genetic material of all organisms

• Gene

• DNA

• offspring

A section of DNA on a chromosome that contains instructions for making specific proteins

• egg

• Chromosome

• Gene

Structure in a cell’s nucleus that contains genetic material

• Chromosome

• Zygote

• Gene

Reproductive cell or sex cell

• chromosome

• offspring

• Gamete

new diploid cell formed when a sperm fertilizes an egg; will divide by mitosis and develop into a new organism.

• sperm

• egg

• sexual reproduction

• zygote

New organism produced by a living thing

• zygote

• Offspring

• gamete

Female sex cell

• egg

• sperm

Male sex cell

• egg

• sperm