Sexual and Asexual Reproduction

• Mitosis


  Cell division where one cell is copied into two identical cells
• Gametes


  Cells where the chromosomes are not paired
• Human gametes


  Sperm cells and egg cells
• Meiosis


  Cell division that produces non-identical cells
• Meiosis takes place in flowering plants to produce pollen and egg cells
• Sexual reproduction


  Involves the fusion of male and female gametes, mixing genetic information
• Sexual reproduction results in variation in the offspring
• Asexual reproduction


  Involves only one parent, no mixing of genetic information, produces genetically identical offspring (clones)
• Asexual reproduction does not involve gametes or meiosis, only mitosis
• Asexual reproduction in plants


  • Forming tiny buds that drop off and grow into new plants