Chapter 7: The Cellular Basis of Inheritance - Producing Offspring

Vocabulary terms and definitions covering modes of producing offspring from Chapter 7 Life Science lecture slides.

Sexual Reproduction

A form of reproduction that requires two individuals, requires spending energy to find a mate, and produces a new combination of genes in the offspring.

Asexual Reproduction

A quick and easy form of reproduction where no energy is lost to finding a mate, no new combination of genes is created, and which is especially beneficial if the organism is suited for the environment.

Synapsis

pairing up two matching homologous chromosomes

tetrad

group of 4 two duplicated homologous chromosome pair up (contain 4 chromatids)