sexual and asexual reproduction

• Cell division

  Mitosis: One cell is copied into two identical cells
• Gametes

  Cells where the chromosomes are not paired, such as sperm cells and egg cells
• Human gametes

  • Sperm cells
  • Egg cells
• Meiosis

  A type of cell division that produces gametes
• Meiosis

  Produces non-identical cells, every sperm cell and egg cell are different
• Organisms that carry out sexual reproduction

  • Animals
  • Flowering plants
• Sexual reproduction

  • Involves the fusion of male and female gametes, resulting in mixing of genetic information and variation in offspring
• In sexual reproduction

  There is mixing of genetic information from both male and female parents
• Every gamete is different
• In sexual reproduction, there is variation in the offspring
• In asexual reproduction, there is only one parent
• Asexual reproduction does not involve gametes
• In asexual reproduction, the offspring are genetically identical, called clones
• Asexual reproduction only involves mitosis
• Offspring in asexual reproduction are clones of the parent