Unit ____8_______ Reproduction

Word
Asexual
reproduction

Genetic
material

Mitosis

Definition

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Explanation

The kind of reproduction

that requires one parents
to produce offspring. The
reproduction of singlecelled organisms

Unicellular organisms
reproduce asexually

molecular unit of
heredity of a living
organism

A gene may determine a

characteristic of an individual

part of the cell cycle process

by which chromosomes in a
cell nucleus are separated
into two identical sets of
chromosomes, each in its
own nucleus

the passing on of physical or

mental characteristics
genetically from one generation
to another.

Meiosis

Sexual
reproduction

offspring

.Meiosis

is a process where a
single cell divides twice to
produce four cells containing half
the original amount of genetic
information

These cells are our sex cells

(gametes)

The kind of reproduction

that requires two parents
to produce offspring

The reproduction of
many multicellular
organisms

the product of
reproduction of a
new organism

The result