Quiz 3 Sexual Reproduction

Three advantages to sexual reproduction

1) Genetic diversity is the main advantage 2) better chance of survival since there is a lower number of offspring 3) increase in the ability of an organism to adapt

Oogamous

A trait where the cell is very large, and fertilized by small sperm

Archegonium

Female reproductive structure in some plants, including mosses and liverworts

Zygote

Fertilized egg

Gametes

Haploid cells (n) produced by diploid cells (2n) for the purpose of sexual reproduction

Gonads

REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS

Isogamy

Union of similar gametes

Anisogamy

fusion of two dissimilar gametes, still physically similar, sizes different

Oogamy

having a large nonmotile egg and a small, motile sperm

Ovary

it Protects the developing egg

succesfull breeding is limited to the gametes of the same created.......

kind

are eggs motile

no

Diploid Chromosome Condition

parent cell has it, and the resulting two daughter cells have it

Sexual Reproduction

reproduction that requires 2 organisms

conjugation occurs in......?

unicellular plants

can some microorganisms have two sexes

yes