Sexual and Asexual reproduction

• How many parents are needed for sexual reproduction?

  Two parents
• What are the gametes in animals?

  Egg and sperm cells
• How are gametes produced?

  By a process called meiosis
• What do gametes contain in relation to chromosomes?

  Half the number of chromosomes of a normal cell
• What happens when gametes fuse?

  The offspring receives a mixture of genes
• What does the mixture of genes produce?

  Variation
• How many parents are needed for asexual reproduction?

  One parent
• How does asexual reproduction occur?

  By mitosis
• What is the genetic relationship of offspring produced through asexual reproduction?

  They are genetically identical to the parent