Asexual reproduction

What is asexual reproduction

It is a type of reproduction that does not involve the fusion of gametes or change in the number of chromosomes

Asexual is the primary form of________

reproduction for single cell organisms such as bacteria

Organisms that are made by asexual reproduction are _______ of the parent

Clones

What organisms do binary fission

Amoeba and Bacteria

What organisms do budding

Yeast and Sponges

What type of organisms do fragmentation

Flatworms and Starfish

What is the first step in budding

Outgrowth begins to grow at the base

What is the second step in budding

Bud continues to grow

What is step three in budding

The bud breaks off and attaches to a new surface

Give two examples of characteristics that a plant could have that will allow a plant to flourish in its habitat (place where it lives).

Large leaves, Long roots

If a plant is surviving well in its environment, why would asexual reproduction be a good thing?

All offspring will also thrive in its location because they are all genetically identical

If a plant is surviving well in its environment, why would sexual reproduction not be a good thing?

offspring might not inherit the beneficial genes

Plant cuttings can be taken, this allows new individuals to be created but this requires humans to be involved. What is this called?

This is called artificial propagation, it is a type of asexual reproduction

What step is this

This is the sheep being cloned, from the thing being cloned only the nucleus is needed

What step is this

This is any female sheep, the DNA (nucleus) is removed and discarded

What is happening to the nucleus of the egg cell?

It is replaced with the nucleus of sheep A (closed)

What is happening here

Adding the nucleus to the empty egg + electric shock

What is happening here

Beginning of a clone of sheep A

What is happening here

Surrogate, baby develops inside this female

What is this

The clone

This lamb is a clone of one the adult sheep -but which one

Sheep D is identical to sheep A