Sexual and asexual reproduction

• Gametes


  Cells where the chromosomes aren't paired, like sperm and egg cells
• Gamete formation


  1. Meiosis

  2. Produces non-identical cells

  3. Occurs in flowering plants: pollen and egg cells
• Sexual reproduction


  Fusion of male and female gametes (fertilisation)
• Sexual reproduction


  Mixing of genetic information from both parents
• This is why there is variation in offspring
• Asexual reproduction in aphids


  One parent, no gametes, no mixing of genetic information, genetically identical (clones)
• Asexual reproduction


  Involves mitosis