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