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Sexual Reproduction
ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION
EXAMPLES: BACTERIA BINARY FISSION YEAST BUDDING
ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION
NUMBER OF PARENTS: OFFSPRING: ONE IDENTICAL
WHERE DOES THE DNA COME FROM? All from one parent! ADVANTAGES? DISADVANTAGES?
WHERE DOES THE DNA COME FROM? Half from mom; half from dad! ADVANTAGES? DISADVANTAGES?
Which human cells are diploid? What are these cells called? What symbol do we use for these cells?
SUMMARY
1N Haploid Gamete Sperm Egg Unfertilized _____ 2N
TEACHER EXAMPLE #1
A human skin cell has 46 chromosomes. How many chromosomes will be in a human egg cell?
TEACHER EXAMPLE #2
An egg cell of a cockroach has 5 chromosomes. How many chromosomes will be in the fertilized zygote?
YOUR TURN:
A squirrel tail cell has 50 chromosomes. How many chromosomes are present in the squirrels unfertilized egg cell?
TIME TO PRACTICE!!!