Reproduction and Development Vocabulary

the changes that occur from the fertilized egg to a complete individual; occurs by mitosis and differentiation of cells

• asexual reproduction

• development

• sexual reproduction

• mitosis

involves just one parent and results in one or more offspring that are genetically identical to that parent

• asexual reproduction

• sexual reproduction

• meiosis

• egg

involves two parents and results in offspring that have some genetic material (DNA) from each parent. The result is an organism that may be similar to one or both parents, but is not identical to either.

• asexual reproduction

• sexual reproduction

• development

• mitosis

also known as gametes, the sperm and egg cell, have half the number of chromosomes

• sex cells

• fertilization

• cloning

• mitosis

sex cells, such as sperm and egg cell

• fertilization

• penis

• gametes

• development

The joining the sperm and egg cell in the fallopian tubes

• development

• sex cells

• fertilization

• gametes

the male sex cell

• sperm cell

• egg cell

female sex cell

• sperm cell

• egg cell

a technique that accomplishes the same end result as asexual reproduction, making identical genetic copies.

• gametes

• cloning

• sperm

The process, by which a cell's genetic material divides, creating two complete sets of the cell's genetic material, is known as_______. A form of asexual reproduction cells undergo

• sexual reproduction

• Mitosis

• Meiosis