Sexual and Asexual Reproduction

• Sexual Reproduction

  2 parents that have special gametes (sex cells) to form a zygote by meiosis
• Asexual Production


  Involves 1 parent where its cells split and divide by mitosis
• Examples of organisms that reproduce sexually:

  • Mammals
  • Insects
  • Frogs
• Examples of organisms that reproduce asexually:

  • Fungi
  • Bacteria (Binary Fission)
  • Sea stars
  • Sharks
• Haploid cells= 1 set of chromosomes (23)

  Diploid cells= 2 sets of chromosomes (46)