reproduction

  1. biological process by which new individual organisms are produced
    reproduction
  2. known methods of reproduction
    • sexual
    • asexual
  3. an individual can reproduce w/o involvement w/ another individual
    asexual
  4. ex: bacterial cell divide into 2
    asexual
  5. requires involvement of 2 individuals, typically one of each sex
    sexual reproduction
  6. ex: normal human reproduction
    sexual reproduction
  7. body cells aka
    somatic cells
  8. ex. duplicated by mitosis
    • skin 
    • hair
    • muscle
  9. most common form of cell reproduction
    mitosis
  10. ex. produced by miosis
    • sperm
    • ova
  11. cell division process that produces new cell growth, repair and general replacement of older cells
    mitosis
  12. how many phases ? mitosis?
    6 phases
  13. mitosis takes how long?
    1/2 to 1    1/2 hours
  14. soemwhat similar but more complex than mitosis
    meiosis
  15. how many daughter cells in mitosis?
    2
  16. how many daughter cells in meiosis?
    • male: 4 sex cells/gametes
    • female: 1
  17. in males, meiosis is referred to as ___________ because sperm cells are produced
    spermatogenesis
  18. # of phases for spermatogenesis
    8
  19. in females, meiosis is referred to as _____ because egg or ova is the main ultimate product.
    oogenesis
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summerdhon
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reproduction
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