Science ch 4

¡Supera tus tareas y exámenes ahora con Quizwiz!

zygote

The new cell that forms from fertilization

budding

a new organism grows by mitosis and cell division on the body of its parent

fertilization

an egg cell and a sperm cell join together

haploid

cells that have only one chromosome from each pair

diploid

cells that have pairs of chromosomes

sperm

forms in a testis

egg

forms in an ovary

vegetative reproduction

is a form of asexual reproduction in which offspring grow from a part of a parent plant

cloning

is a type of asexual reproduction performed in a laboratory that produces identical individuals from a cell or from a cluster of cells taken from a multicellular organism

sexual reproduction

is a type of reproduction in which the genetic materials from two different cell combine, producing an offspring

regeneration

occurs when an offspring grow from a piece of its parent

meiosis

one diploid cell divides and makes four haploid sex cells

asexual reproduction

one parent organism produces offspring without meiosis and fertilization

Sexual Reproduction

produces an offspring when genetic materials from two different sex cells combine.

fission

Cell division in prokaryotes that forms two identical cells

homologous chromosomes

Pairs of chromosomes that have genes for the same traits arranged in the same order


Conjuntos de estudio relacionados

History of Journalism, Laws, and Ethics

View Set

250 Foundations Comprehensive Final

View Set

Parole spagnole che iniziano per A

View Set

Overview of the Neurons, Neuronal Signaling, and Neural Networks (Part I)

View Set

acuphysiology Foot shaoyang GB Channel

View Set

Intro to Networks ch 9: Transport Layer

View Set