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REPRODUCTION

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Sexual vs Asexual
• Asexual Reproduction • Sexual Reproduction
– involves only 1 parent – involves 2 parents
– offspring genetically – offspring genetic mix
identical to parent of both parents
– involves regular body – involves specialized
cells sex cells
– its quick – its slow
Asexual Reproduction
• Binary fission
– happens in bacteria, amoeba, some algae
– one parent cell splits into 2 identical daughter
cells
• Budding
– happens in yeast, hydra, corals
– parent produces a bud
– bud gets detached and develops into offspring
which is identical to parent
Binary Fission

Rod-Shaped Bacterium,
hemorrhagic E. coli

2 daughter cells are identical to parent


Budding
Asexual Reproduction contd.
• Spore Formation
– happens in fungi, green algae, moulds and
non flowering plants (e.g. ferns)
– spores are produced and each spore
develops into offspring which are identical to
parent
• Vegetative Reproduction
– does not involve seeds
– some offspring can grow from cuttings (e.g.
coleus), runners (e.g. strawberries), tubers
(e.g. potatoes) or bulbs (e.g. tulips)… which
are part of the parent plant
Spore Formation
Fern

Fungi
Vegetative
Reproduction
Asexual Reproduction
• Regeneration-a piece of a parent is
detached, it can grow and develop into a
completely new individual.
Asexual Reproduction
• Parthenogenesis involves the development of
an egg that has not been fertilized into an
individual.

• Animals like most kinds of wasps, bees, and


ants that have no sex chromosomes reproduce
by this process. Some reptiles and fish are also
capable of reproducing in this manner.
Sexual Reproduction in Animals
• involves specialized sex cells called gametes
• the union of a male and female gamete results in
the formation of a zygote that develops into a
new individual
Sexual
Reproduction in
Plants
Female Parts

Male Parts

(Pistil)

pollen (male) + ovule (female) → single-celled zygote → multi-celled


embryo (contained in a seed) → new individual
Sexual Reproduction in Plants
• stamen is the male part and contains
pollen
• carpels or pistil is the female part and
contains ovule (eggs)
• pollen grains from the anther are
transferred to the stigma by the process of
pollination
– self pollination (plant pollinates its own eggs)
– cross pollination (pollen from one plant
pollinates another plants eggs)
Pollination
• flowers are designed to lure insects to help
with the pollination process
– also wind, animals, birds can transport pollen
Sexual Reproduction Summary
Male Female Type of Result of Final
Gamete Gamete Union Union Result

Plants pollen ovule pollination single cell multi-cell


(egg) zygote embryo
(in seed)

Animals sperm egg fertilization single cell multi-cell


zygote embryo
Some Organisms do Both
• most plants that produce seeds (sexual
reproduction) can also reproduce
asexually by things like cuttings or runners
• this gives them an advantage for survival

sponges and hydra mosses


Which is Better?
It depends!

Asexual Reproduction Sexual Reproduction


• advantages • advantages
– does not require special – lots of variation within a
cells or a lot of energy species
– can produce offspring – able to live in a variety
quickly of environmental
– in a stable environment settings
creates large, thriving – able to adapt to changes
population in the environment
• disadvantages • disadvantages
– limited ability to adapt – needs time & energy
– face massive die-off if – produce small
environment changes populations

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