Asexual Reproduction Flashcards
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| 8582590931 | 2 types of reproduction | Sexual and Asexual |  | 0 |
| 8582590932 | Asexual Reproduction | A method of reproduction requiring only one parent |  | 1 |
| 8582590933 | Daughter cells | cells that are genetically identical to the parent cell |  | 2 |
| 8582590935 | BINARY FISSION | A method of asexual reproduction where one single celled organism splits into 2 smaller but equal sized organisms: amoeba/paramecium |  | 3 |
| 8582590936 | BUDDING | a form of asexual reproduction in which a new individual organism develops on a parent organism and then separates. |  | 4 |
| 8582590937 | REGENERATION | Growing back of a missing part Ex. Starfish and planaria |  | 5 |
| 8582625037 | FRAGMENTATION | Reproduction of an entire organism from a piece of the parent organism |  | 6 |
| 8582642268 | PARTHENOGENESIS | growth of an organism from an unfertilized gamete, or sex cell |  | 7 |
| 8582687345 | DNA | A molecule containing the genetic instructions for the development and functioning of all living organisms, found in the nucleus of a cell, |  | 8 |
| 8582734436 | GENE | the basic unit of heredity in a living organism; a segment of DNA |  | 9 |
| 8582748630 | MITOSIS | the process of cell division where one cell splits into two identical cells |  | 10 |
| 8582822147 | GENETIC VARIATION | range of differences in DNA among organisms (Diversity) |  | 11 |
| 8582854502 | BIODIVERSITY | the many different types of life that exist in an environment |  | 12 |
| 8582866881 | CHROMOSOME | a tightly wound bundle of DNA and proteins found in the nucleus of most living cells |  | 13 |