IntroBiology_7.1SexualReproduction

Asexual reproduction would theoretically be superior to sexual reproduction in the ability to ensure survival of species because, in asexual reproduction:

an organism would not need to spend energy to find a mate, all of the offspring are adapted and more likely to survive in the habitat as the parent was successful there, and allows a population to grow more rapidly with sexual reproduction half of the population cannot reproduce

For gametes in the diploid-dominant life-cycle, the diploid state is restored by __.

fertilization

The combination of a sperm and an egg is referred to as __

fertilization

Two haploid gametes join to form a diploid structure in the process known as __

fertilization

Diploid __ cells divide to produce haploid gametes; these cells are a specialized cell line descended from the somatic (body) cells.

germ

The division of the chromosomes of the nucleus into the gametes is referred to as __

meiosis

In the human life cycle

meiosis produces haploid gametes, and fertilization creates a diploid cell that divides by mitosis to produce a new individual.

the diploid __ is formed by fusion of two haploid gametes

zygote